How to specify a program exit code ?

[Lee Gillie]

I have a console application. It has a FUNCTION MAIN AS INTEGER. When it exits I want to return a program completion code to the OS.
I've coded the end of my MAIN as:

ProgramExitStatus = 10
Environment.ExitCode = ProgramExitStatus
Environment.Exit(ProgramExitStatus)
Return ProgramExitStatus

But in the IDE I see this:

The program '[1820] MyConsoleApp.exe' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

Is there a way that really works?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have a console application. It has a FUNCTION MAIN AS INTEGER. When it exits I want to return a program completion code to the OS.
I've coded the end of my MAIN as:

ProgramExitStatus = 10
Environment.ExitCode = ProgramExitStatus
Environment.Exit(ProgramExitStatus)
Return ProgramExitStatus

But in the IDE I see this:

The program '[1820] MyConsoleApp.exe' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

Is there a way that really works?

I use VS.NET 2002 (.NET 1.0) and it works. In the IDE, the exit code is not
displayed correctly, but when using a batch file, it works. I think this is
an IDE bug.

 

[Lee Gillie]

Herfried -

Ok, I can live with that. I won't be using from Batch, but eventually as a sub process, and checking the completion status in
spawner. Thank you for taking the time, and sharing your experience.

Best regards - Lee Gillie

I have a console application. It has a FUNCTION MAIN AS INTEGER. When it exits I want to return a program completion code to the OS.
I've coded the end of my MAIN as:

ProgramExitStatus = 10
Environment.ExitCode = ProgramExitStatus
Environment.Exit(ProgramExitStatus)
Return ProgramExitStatus

But in the IDE I see this:

The program '[1820] MyConsoleApp.exe' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

Is there a way that really works?

I use VS.NET 2002 (.NET 1.0) and it works. In the IDE, the exit code is not
displayed correctly, but when using a batch file, it works. I think this is
an IDE bug.