windows batch file terminating prematurely

Question

I have a following batch file

echo Setting  visual studio 2010 environment variables
set VSPATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0"
%VSPATH%\VC\vcvarsall.bat

echo Generating Service

the 'Generating Service' line never prints out, can someone point out how it should be done so batch file continues execution ?

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3023543/execute-batch-file-after-another-batch-file-completes — LittleBobbyTables - Au Revoir, Aug 27 '10 at 16:01

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '10 at 15:56

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Try using the CALL statement in front of your batch file

echo Setting  visual studio 2010 environment variables 
set VSPATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0" 
CALL %VSPATH%\VC\vcvarsall.bat 

echo Generating Service

answered Aug 27 '10 at 15:56

LittleBobbyTables - Au Revoir

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '10 at 15:56

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Prefix it with start:

echo Setting  visual studio 2010 environment variables
set VSPATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0"
start %VSPATH%\VC\vcvarsall.bat

echo Generating Service

answered Aug 27 '10 at 15:56

Lekensteyn

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 27 '10 at 15:57

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use this if you want the vcvarsall.bat to run in the current window and not a separate one.

Call %VSPATH%\VC\vcvarsall.bat

answered Aug 27 '10 at 15:57

StingyJack

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windows batch file terminating prematurely

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