Command Line Script Ends After Webpack CLI

Question

I have a simple command script which looks like this:

webpack --config dev.webpack.config.js
consoleapp.exe param1 param2

I'm running it via Visual Studio (2019, Community) Task Runner. I can see from the console that Webpack runs and succeeds (and indeed the output js is created and works fine). However consoleapp.exe does not run. The last line in the output is

modules by path ./*.js 1.46 KiB
  ./formbuild.js 190 bytes [built] [code generated]
  ./Form.js 1.27 KiB [built] [code generated]
webpack 5.11.0 compiled successfully in 171 ms
Process terminated with code 0.

Why is the console app not run?

Answer 1

As per here, you need to use call for control to return to you script.

So for me, that meant changing the above to:

call webpack --config dev.webpack.config.js
call consoleapp.exe param1 param2