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Use of @WINAPI

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I want my alias to return an error code. QUIT doesn't suit since it quits a batch file along with an alias. So I want to use WinAPI's SetLastError. But executing
Code:
echo %@winapi[Kernel32.dll,SetLastError,20] > nul
echo %? # %_?
returns "0 # 0". Neither exit code for last internal command nor exit code for last external command was changed. I don't understand why. Any ideas?
 
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:59:10 -0500, you wrote:


>I want my alias to return an error code. QUIT doesn't suit since it quits a batch file along with an alias. So I want to use WinAPI's SetLastError. But executing
>Code:
>---------
>echo %@winapi[Kernel32.dll,SetLastError,20] > nul
>echo %? # %_?
>---------
>returns "0 # 0". Neither exit code for last internal command nor exit code for last external command was changed. I don't understand why. Any ideas?

Functions (@WINAPI) don't set _? or ?. _? will be the return code of ECHO (the
last internal command). This may not be very satisfying but you could set ?
with a batfile:

v:\> type seterror.btm
quit %1

v:\> alias foo
echo foo & seterror.btm 22

v:\> foo
foo

v:\> echo %?
22
 
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:38:43 -0500, you wrote:


>---Quote (Originally by vefatica)---
>This may not be very satisfying but you could set ? with a batfile:
>---End Quote---
>Thank you. This thought came into my mind, too :).

I wrote a trivial plugin command to set _?.

INT WINAPI SETERR ( WCHAR * psz )
{
return _wtoi(psz);
}

It works. Perhaps Rex would overload the RETURN command so it would set _? when
used in an alias.

v:\> alias foo `echo foo & seterr 666`

v:\> foo & echo %_?
foo
666
 
Perhaps Rex would overload the RETURN command so it would set _? when used in an alias
Why RETURN? It's better to add a new option to QUIT - to make it possible to quit just an alias but not parent batch file.
 
The problem is that ALIAS's are not commands/functions unto themselves.
They are just simple text substitution macros. You can see the true
expression by pressing ctrl+f.

So, using Vince's example:
Code:
alias foo=`echo foo & seterr 22`

if you type foo, then press Ctrl+F, you'll see foo get replaced with: echo
foo & seterr 22

-Scott




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06/13/2008 04:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vefatica
Perhaps Rex would overload the RETURN command so it would set _? when used
in an alias
Why RETURN? It's better to add a new option to QUIT - to make it possible
to quit just an alias but not parent batch file.
 
Then all we need is new command SETERROR. Calling external batch file or using external plugin ain't good ways to perform such simple and trivial operation as setting the errorlevel.
 
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:33:45 -0500, you wrote:


>---Quote (Originally by vefatica)---
>Perhaps Rex would overload the RETURN command so it would set _? when used in an alias
>---End Quote---
>Why RETURN? It's better to add a new option to QUIT - to make it possible to quit just an alias but not parent batch file.

QUIT, RETURN, ... even EXIT, it doesn't matter to me which does it ...
whatever's easier I suppose.
 
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