Index: apps/app_exec.c
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--- apps/app_exec.c	(revision 17446)
+++ apps/app_exec.c	(working copy)
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
 
 	/* Check and parse arguments */
 	if (data) {
-		if ((s = ast_strdupa(data))) {
+		s = ast_strdupa((char *)data);
+		if (s) {
 			appname = strsep(&s, "(");
 			if (s) {
 				endargs = strrchr(s, ')');
@@ -82,18 +83,24 @@
 			if (appname) {
 				app = pbx_findapp(appname);
 				if (app) {
-					res = pbx_exec(chan, app, args);
+					res = pbx_exec(chan, app, args, 1);
+					pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "RESULT", res?"FAILED":"SUCCESS");
 				} else {
 					ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Could not find application (%s)\n", appname);
-					res = -1;
+					pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "RESULT", "NOAPP");
 				}
+			} else {
+				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "No application specified!\n");
+				pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "RESULT", "NOAPP");
 			}
-		} else
-			res = -1;
+		} else {
+			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Out of memory\n");
+			pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "RESULT", "NOMEMORY");
+		}
 	}
 
 	LOCAL_USER_REMOVE(u);
-	return res;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int unload_module(void)