Seeing the console s output in Visual Studio 2010

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I am writing a simple C  program with some outputs  Console WriteLine           The problem is  each time I run it  I cannot see the program s output in the output window   The  program output  tag is already checked  and I already redirected all outputs to the intermediate window but to no avail   How do I enable seeing the program s output   I don t think the problem lies with my code  I tried running a simple program that just outputs a string and readline  ala hello world  and I am still unable to see any output  The problem is either with me looking for the output in the wrong location or Visual Studio acting out   The debug write method also doesn t work   Using debug Write  it all works  though it didn t before  Either something bugged out with me before I restarted or I just need to take a break  either way it s all good now  Thanks all for the helpful comments

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Here are a couple of things to check    For console Write WriteLine  your app must be a console application   right-click the project in Solution Explorer  choose Properties  and look at the  Output Type  combo in the Application Tab -- should be  Console Application   note  if you really need a windows application or a class library  don t change this to Console App just to get the Console WriteLine   You could use System Diagnostics Debug WriteLine to write to the output window  to show the output window in VS  got to View   Output   Note that these writes will only occur in a build where the DEBUG conditional is defined  by default  debug builds define this  and release builds do not  You could use System Diagnostics Trace Writeline if you want to be able to write to configurable  listeners  in non-debug builds   by default  this writes to the Output Window in Visual Studio  just like Debug Writeline

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To keep open your windows console and to not use other output methods rather than the standard output stream cout go to Name-of-your-project -  Properties -  Linker -  System   Once there  select the SubSytem Tab and mark Console   SUBSYSTEM CONSOLE   Once you have done this  whenever you want to compile use Ctrl   F5  Start without debugging  and your console will keep opened

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Visual Studio is by itself covering the console window  try minimizing Visual Studio window they are drawn over each other

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Add a Console Read    at the end of your program  It ll keep the application from closing  and you can see its output that way   This is a console application I just dug up that stops after processing but before exiting   class Program       static void Main string   args                DummyObjectList dol   new DummyObjectList 2           dol Add new DummyObject  test1    Decimal 25 36            dol Add new DummyObject  test2    Decimal 0 698            XmlSerializer dolxs   new XmlSerializer typeof DummyObjectList            dolxs Serialize Console Out  dol            Console WriteLine string Empty           Console WriteLine string Empty            List lt DummyObject gt  dolist   new List lt DummyObject gt  2           dolist Add new DummyObject  test1    Decimal 25 36            dolist Add new DummyObject  test2    Decimal 0 698            XmlSerializer dolistxs   new XmlSerializer typeof List lt DummyObject gt             dolistxs Serialize Console Out  dolist           Console Read         lt --- Right here           Alternatively  you can simply add a breakpoint on the last line

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You can use the System Diagnostics Debug Write or System Runtime InteropServices method to write messages to the Output Window

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System Diagnostics Debug WriteLine   will work  but you have to be looking in the right place for the output  In Visual Studio 2010  on the menu bar  click Debug -  Windows -  Output  Now  at the bottom of the screen docked next to your error list  there should be an output tab  Click it and double check it s showing output from the debug stream on the dropdown list   P S   I think the output window shows on a fresh install  but I can t remember  If it doesn t  or if you closed it by accident  follow these instructions

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Press Ctrl   F5 to run the program instead of F5

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You could create 2 small methods  one that can be called at the beginning of the program  the other at the end  You could also use Console Read    so that the program doesn t close after the last write line    This way you can determine when your functionality gets executed and also when the program exists   startProgram          Console WriteLine  -------Program starts--------         Console Read        endProgram         Console WriteLine  -------Program Ends--------        Console Read

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In Program cs  between   static int Main string   agrs      and the rest of your code  add    if DEBUG     int rtn   Main2 args       Console WriteLine  return     rtn       Console WriteLine  ENTER to continue         Console Read        return rtn     static int Main2 string   args     endif

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I run into this frequently for some reason  and I can t fathom why this solution hasn t been mentioned   Click View   Output  or just hold Ctrl and hit W   O   Console output then appears where your Error List  Locals  and Watch windows are   Note  I m using Visual Studio 2015

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