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wynfranc1234
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10 years ago
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Different Exit code showing when there is no Delay

Hi. I executed a program from a .BAT file and the error code it returns is 100. I created a JScript that executes that .bat file that runs a wscript shell . When I displayed the ExitCode with n...
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    HKosova
    10 years ago


    Hi Dell,



    Exec doesn't wait for the command to complete, that's why you need delays. You need to wait until oExec.Status becomes 1:



     var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");

     var oExec = WshShell.Exec(CommandLine);

     

     while (oExec.Status == 0) {

       Delay(100);

     }

     

     Log.Message("Exit Code is " + oExec.ExitCode);


    But if you don't need to work with the input/output streams of your batch file, you can run it using WshShell.Run instead, which may be easier:



     var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");

     var res = WshShell.Run(CommandLine, 0, true /* wait to return */);

     Log.Message("Exit Code is " + res);


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HKosova
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
10 years ago


Hi Dell,



Exec doesn't wait for the command to complete, that's why you need delays. You need to wait until oExec.Status becomes 1:



 var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");

 var oExec = WshShell.Exec(CommandLine);

 

 while (oExec.Status == 0) {

   Delay(100);

 }

 

 Log.Message("Exit Code is " + oExec.ExitCode);


But if you don't need to work with the input/output streams of your batch file, you can run it using WshShell.Run instead, which may be easier:



 var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");

 var res = WshShell.Run(CommandLine, 0, true /* wait to return */);

 Log.Message("Exit Code is " + res);