How to return exit status from an HTA (vbscript) to the calling Batch file

Question

How to return exit status from an HTA (vbscript) to the calling Batch file ?

My batch file code

@echo OFF
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Answer 1

@echo OFF
echo Configuring Test...
start /wait "" AppConfigurationEditor.hta
echo %errorlevel%
if %errorlevel%==0 call TestConfigurationEditor.hta

should get the job done - provided errorlevel is returned as 0 for terminated normally and something else for 'cancelled'.

The echo %errorlevel% line is simply there for testing, just showing you what's going on.

start /wait will start the target, and pause the batch until the process finishes. The extra pair of rabbit's ears actually enclose the new window title - redundant here, but best to retain as start otherwise picks the first quoted string from the target (if any) as a window title.