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26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03130500xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Shell Function [Runtime]</title>
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32cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="shell">
33cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150040"><bookmark_value>Shell function</bookmark_value>
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35cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150040" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03130500.xhp" name="Shell Function [Runtime]">Shell Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153394" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Starts another application and defines the respective window style, if necessary.</paragraph>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153345" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">Syntax</paragraph>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Shell (Pathname As String[, Windowstyle As Integer][, Param As String][, bSync]) </paragraph>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149235" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="6">Parameter</paragraph>
41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154306" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="23">Pathname</paragraph>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Complete path and program name of the program that you want to start.</paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="24">Windowstyle</paragraph>
44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145609" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Optional integer expression that specifies the style of the window that the program is executed in. The following values are possible:</paragraph>
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48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">0</paragraph>
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51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">The focus is on the hidden program window.</paragraph>
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56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">1</paragraph>
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59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">The focus is on the program window in standard size.</paragraph>
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64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">2</paragraph>
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67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148451" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">The focus is on the minimized program window.</paragraph>
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72cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">3</paragraph>
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75cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146921" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">focus is on the maximized program window.</paragraph>
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80cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">4</paragraph>
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83cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Standard size program window, without focus.</paragraph>
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88cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">6</paragraph>
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91cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152938" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Minimized program window, focus remains on the active window.</paragraph>
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96cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">10</paragraph>
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99cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Full-screen display.</paragraph>
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103cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150419" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="33">Param</paragraph>
104cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149412" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Any string expression that specifies the command line that want to pass.</paragraph>
105cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="32">bSync</paragraph>
106cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154096" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">If this value is set to <emph>true</emph>, the <emph>Shell</emph> command and all $[officename] tasks wait until the shell process completes. If the value is set to <emph>false</emph>, the shell returns directly. The default value is <emph>false</emph>.</paragraph>
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111cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154270" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Example</paragraph>
112cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleShellForWin</paragraph>
113cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21"> Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe",2)</paragraph>
114cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153709" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">end sub</paragraph>
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