Visual Studio Console App - Prevent window from closing.

Question

This is a probably an embarasing question as no doubt the answer is blindingly obvious.

I've used Visual Studio for years, but this is the first time I've done any 'Console Application' development.

When I run my application the console window pops up, the program output appears and then the window closes as the application exits.

Is there a way to either keep it open until I have checked the output, or view the results after the window has closed?

Answer 1

If you're using .NET, put Console.ReadLine() before the end of the program.

It will wait for <ENTER>.

Answer 2

If you run without debugging (Ctrl+F5) then by default it prompts your to press return to close the window. If you want to use the debugger, you should put a breakpoint on the last line.

Answer 3

Throw a Console.ReadKey() at the end of your Main() method to wait for a keypress. If you want to be really user-friendly, HCI and all that, you can put Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit") before that.

Answer 4

You could run your executable from a command prompt. This way you could see all the output. Or, you could do something like this:

int a = 0;
scanf("%d",&a);

return YOUR_MAIN_CODE;

and this way the window would not close until you enter data for the a variable.

Answer 5

add “| pause” in command arguments box under debugging section at project properties.