PowerShell exit code when run from VBScript

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I am simply trying to get a success or failure code out of a PowerShell script when run via VBScript with CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run(strCMD, 0, True).

I thought Exit produced an exit code, but when I end my PS script with Exit 9 the value returned to the VBScript above is still 0.

The VBScript is:

strCmd = "powershell.exe -noLogo -executionpolicy bypass -file ""\\Mac\Px\Support\Px Tools\Dev 3.3.#\_Spikes\TestMessage.ps1"" -message:""I'm ALIVE"""
result = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run(strCMD, 0, True)
msgBox result

guiwhatsthat · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-03 12:59:36Z

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Use Return "Your Value" in your ps script instead of Exit

Take care powershell will return anything what will be printed to the console

answered Oct 3, 2017 at 12:59

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Gordon Over a year ago

guiwhatsthat, I have no tried Exit, Return and Write-Host. None of which seem to work with VBScript's .Run method. Are these actually working for you? FWIW, I am using PS 2.0, because I must. I guess I need to spin up a Windows 10 VM and test this in current PS. Maybe it's juts a bug in PS 2.0.

guiwhatsthat Over a year ago

I made a quick example with powershell. I got a returnvalue with return and with exit i did not got one. Note Return will no end your script

SBF · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-03 12:19:04Z

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Try this:

Set wso=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
rc=wso.Run(strCMD, 0, True)
MsgBox "returncode=" & rc

answered Oct 3, 2017 at 12:19

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Gordon Over a year ago

That's basically what I am doing. My my variables are different, and I am inlining the CreateObject, but it's the same functionality. I updated the OP to show the actual code.

SBF Over a year ago

Tested with simplest .ps1 (exit 9) and it works. What's in your .ps1?

Gordon Over a year ago

I have tested with just Exit 9 also. Still no joy, the only thing getting returned is 0. BTW, how are you getting the Code formatting in comments? ;)

Gordon Over a year ago

Oh, wait a minute. I had a blank line before that Exit. With literally one line, it works. As soon as I introduce any non comment code it stops working. But that gives me something to start from. I can start adding bits of my required code till it breaks.

Gordon Over a year ago

Finally found it. I had reused the main PS code from a utility I already had written, and I had [CmdletBinding()] in there. No need in a script rather than a function, and it seems it causes all sorts of other problems.

fdafadf · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-04 08:08:38Z

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Just write

exit 123

in TestMessage.ps1

answered Oct 4, 2017 at 8:08

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