Comments on: Communicating error levels to a calling application from with in VBScript http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/communicating-error-levels-to-a-calling-application-with-vbscript/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:57:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jlees http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/communicating-error-levels-to-a-calling-application-with-vbscript/#comment-40 Jlees Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:06:06 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/communicating-error-levels-to-a-calling-application-with-vbscript/#comment-40 Jeff, I didn't see this comment until just now. Terribly sorry for the delay in my response. I'm not sure what the issue may be, I quickly wrote the following and it works as specified. Have you gotten it figured out already? [b]Test.bat[/b] [CODE]Echo off cscript Yourscript.vbs If %errorlevel% == 3 goto runexe Echo “File to old” goto EndBatch :runexe Echo “Error level 3 achieved” :EndBatch [/CODE] [b]YourScript.Bat[/b] [CODE]wscript.quit(3)[/CODE] [b]run of test.bat from a command prompt[/b] >test >Echo off Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. Error level 3 achieved Jeff, I didn’t see this comment until just now. Terribly sorry for the delay in my response. I’m not sure what the issue may be, I quickly wrote the following and it works as specified. Have you gotten it figured out already?

[b]Test.bat[/b]

Echo off
cscript Yourscript.vbs
If %errorlevel% == 3 goto runexe
Echo “File to old”
goto EndBatch
:runexe
Echo “Error level 3 achieved”
:EndBatch

[b]YourScript.Bat[/b]

wscript.quit(3)

[b]run of test.bat from a command prompt[/b]
>test

>Echo off
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

Error level 3 achieved

]]> By: Jefftanner http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/communicating-error-levels-to-a-calling-application-with-vbscript/#comment-36 Jefftanner Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:41:36 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/vbscript-systems-administrator/communicating-error-levels-to-a-calling-application-with-vbscript/#comment-36 I have tried the following, and I cannot get [B]%ERRORLEVEL%[/B] to be set any other value but zero(0) after using [B]WScript.Quit(3)[/B] within [B]VBScript[/B] and [B]JScript[/B] files. Here is my code. What I am doing wrong? [B]QuitTest.cmd[/B] [CODE] @ECHO OFF ECHO. cscript QuitTest.vbs //NoLogo ECHO QuitTest.vbs: %errorlevel% ECHO. cscript QuitTest.js //NoLogo ECHO QuitTest.js: %errorlevel% [/CODE] [B]QuitTest.js[/B] [CODE] WScript.Echo("JScript QuitTest"); WScript.Quit(3); [/CODE] [B]QuitTest.vbs[/B] [CODE] WScript.Echo("VBScript QuitTest") WScript.Quit(3) [/CODE] [B]RUN:[/B] [CODE] D:\Workspace>QuitTest.cmd VBScript QuitTest QuitTest.vbs: 0 JScript QuitTest QuitTest.js: 0 [/CODE] Thanks Jeff in Seattle I have tried the following, and I cannot get %ERRORLEVEL% to be set any other value but zero(0) after using WScript.Quit(3) within VBScript and JScript files.

Here is my code. What I am doing wrong?

QuitTest.cmd

@ECHO OFF

ECHO.
cscript QuitTest.vbs //NoLogo
ECHO QuitTest.vbs: %errorlevel%

ECHO.
cscript QuitTest.js //NoLogo
ECHO QuitTest.js: %errorlevel%

QuitTest.js

WScript.Echo("JScript QuitTest");
WScript.Quit(3);

QuitTest.vbs

WScript.Echo("VBScript QuitTest")
WScript.Quit(3)

RUN:

D:\Workspace>QuitTest.cmd

VBScript QuitTest
QuitTest.vbs: 0

JScript QuitTest
QuitTest.js: 0

Thanks

Jeff in Seattle

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