Unable to get correct $lastexitcode from compiled EXE

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mdyunusraza
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Unable to get correct $lastexitcode from compiled EXE

Post by mdyunusraza »

Hi All,

I have created a simple GUI app with buttons and each button click will give an exit code. The script is working fine and I am getting the exit code when i run the script. However I am not able to retrieve the exit code in powershell using $LASTEXITCODE variable. Its always empty or sometimes 0.

For e.g. the compiled EXE is called TEST.EXE and if I call it inside my powershell script as mentioned below, then the $lastexitcode is always empty or 0. But i know the exit code is coming as i can see it

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 Start-Process test.exe
 $lastexitcode

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PS C:\temp> .\test.exe
22
PS C:\temp> $lastexitcode                                                                                              
 0
PS C:\temp> .\test.exe                                                                                                  
11
PS C:\temp> $lastexitcode                                                                                               
0
                                                                                              0


I have the following in the "Startup.pss" file. I commented the default option as it was giving only 0

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#$script:ExitCode = 0 #Set the exit code for the Packager
$script:lastexitcode
Then under the form script (Mainform.psf) for the two buttons I have the following

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$buttonYes_Click = {
	$script:lastexitcode = 22
	return $script:lastexitcode
	}
	
	$buttonNo_Click={
	$script:lastexitcode = 11
	return $script:lastexitcode
	
    }
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Re: Unable to get correct $lastexitcode from compiled EXE

Post by brittneyr »

To set the exit code when packaging a script to an executable, $script:ExitCode needs to be set.
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