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  <bookmark_value>Shell function</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3150040"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03130500.xhp">Shell Function</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3153394" role="paragraph">Starts another application and defines the respective window style, if necessary.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3147576" role="code">Shell (Pathname As String[, Windowstyle As Integer[, Param As String[, bSync]]]) </paragraph>

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<h3 id="hd_id3154306">Pathname</h3>
<paragraph id="par_id3155419" role="paragraph">Name of the program that you want to start, optionally with complete path and/or arguments.</paragraph>

<h3 id="hd_id3150771">Windowstyle</h3>
<paragraph id="par_id3145609" role="paragraph">Optional integer expression that specifies the style of the window that the program is executed in.</paragraph>

<note id="par_id451687425656673">Parameter <emph>Windowstyle</emph> is only effective on Windows systems. On other systems the parameter is ignored.</note>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id531687425555734">The following values are possible:</paragraph>

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                <paragraph id="par_id931651081957773" role="tablehead" localize="false">Windowstyle</paragraph>
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                <paragraph id="par_id221651081957774" role="tablehead">Meaning</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3148663" role="paragraph" localize="false">0</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3153360" role="paragraph">The focus is on the hidden program window.</paragraph>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id831687425819018"><variable id="notimplem"><emph>Not implemented in %PRODUCTNAME</emph>.</variable></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3154123" role="paragraph" localize="false">1</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3144760" role="paragraph">The focus is on the program window in standard size.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3156422" role="paragraph" localize="false">2</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3148451" role="paragraph">The focus is on the minimized program window.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3149561" role="paragraph" localize="false">3</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3146921" role="paragraph">focus is on the maximized program window.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3149481" role="paragraph" localize="false">4</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3155854" role="paragraph">Standard size program window, without focus.</paragraph>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id141687425941013" localize="false"><embedvar href="text/sbasic/shared/03130500.xhp#notimplem" markup="ignore"/></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3145271" role="paragraph" localize="false">6</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3152938" role="paragraph">Minimized program window, focus remains on the active window.</paragraph>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id701687425953597" localize="false"><embedvar href="text/sbasic/shared/03130500.xhp#notimplem" markup="ignore"/></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3146119" role="paragraph" localize="false">10</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3151112" role="paragraph">Full-screen display.</paragraph>
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<note id="par_id761687426550721"><emph>Windowstyle 3</emph> and <emph>10</emph> are equivalent in Windows systems.</note>
<h3 id="hd_id3150419">Param</h3>
<paragraph id="par_id3149412" role="paragraph">String that specifies additional arguments passed to the program.</paragraph>

<h3 id="hd_id3148456">bSync</h3>
<paragraph id="par_id3154096" role="paragraph">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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<paragraph id="par_idm1341273680" role="bascode" localize="false">Sub ExampleShellForWin</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341272448" role="bascode" localize="false">    Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe",2)</paragraph>
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