Error handling from MAXL into a batch file

Question

Hello all
I need to know how do we pass a value to a batch file from MAXL script if an error occurs.
I have used the following in my MAXL to catch an error.
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login username password on server01;
Iferror 'error';
Define Label 'error';
Exit;
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In the batch file I used:
If %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto catch
:catch
echo an error occurred during MAXL script
Exit
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This doesnt give me any error even the login info is wrong in the MAXL script
Please correct if this is wrong and provide any help if possible
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Here's the error checking code I used in my last not-DOS-but-we-call-it-that script:
REM     Call MaxL script with parameters
REM The 2>&1 at the end of the below line merges CMD's STDERR into STDOUT
%hyperion_home%\products\essbase\essbaseclient\bin\essmsh.exe %batAutomation%\%esbAppName%\MaxL\%mshScriptName%.msh %esbUsername% %esbPassword% %esbServer% %esbAppName% %mshScriptName% %batDrive% %batAutomation% >>%log% 2>&1
REM     Test for MaxL execution errors
IF NOT %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (SET errormsg=Error! - MaxL script %mshScriptName%.msh failed with ERRORLEVEL %ERRORLEVEL% & GOTO ERROR)The 2>&1 command at the end of the MaxL script line merges STDOUT and STDERR into an overall log file I used for other processes as well as MaxL. It's great for that purpose, but unfortunately logs the username and password -- this would be overcome by encrypting those values. It was acceptable for the solution so I didn't lose any sleep over it.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour