Shell Function

āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύāĻŦā§‹āϧ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āĻļāύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§āϞāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹ āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

Syntax:

Shell (Pathname As String[, Windowstyle As Integer[, Param As String[, bSync]]])

Parameters:

āĻĒāĻžāĻĨ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ

Name of the program that you want to start, optionally with complete path and/or arguments.

āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀

Optional integer expression that specifies the style of the window that the program is executed in.

note

Parameter Windowstyle is only effective on Windows systems. On other systems the parameter is ignored.


The following values are possible:

Windowstyle

āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

0

āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏāĨ¤

Not implemented in LibreOffice.

1

āφāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏāĨ¤

Not implemented in LibreOffice.

2

āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧂āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏāĨ¤

3

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏāĨ¤

4

āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻŦā§āϝ⧟āϤāĻŋāϤ āφāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āĨ¤

Not implemented in LibreOffice.

6

āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧂āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹, āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤

Not implemented in LibreOffice.

10

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ-āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧀āĨ¤


note

Windowstyle 3 and 10 are equivalent in Windows systems.


āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ

String that specifies additional arguments passed to the program.

bSync

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ true āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ Shell āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ•āϞ LibreOffice āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻāχ shell āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύ false āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ shell āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϞ⧋ falseāĨ¤

Error codes:

5 Invalid procedure call

53 File not found 53 File not found

73 Feature not implemented

Example:


Sub ExampleShellForWin
    Shell("c:\windows\calc.exe",2)
End Sub

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