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Can the Visual Studio (debug) Output window be programatically cleared?

Answer 1

+1 A:

What about Console.Clear()?

The Chairman 2010-03-06 05:56:54

That only works in a console app :( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/766173/how-to-clear-the-console-in-c-net

Pure.Krome 2010-03-06 10:18:08

Answer 2

+2 A:

For VS 2008 try this code

EnvDTE80.DTE2 ide = (EnvDTE80.DTE2)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("VisualStudio.DTE.9.0");
ide.ExecuteCommand("Edit.ClearOutputWindow", "");
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(ide);

"VisualStudio.DTE.9.0" will change from VS version to version.

astander 2010-03-06 05:57:22

what assembly / namespace to i need to reference for EnvDTE80? (btw. i'm on VS2010).

Pure.Krome 2010-03-06 10:22:06

Added EnvDTE.dll and EnvDTE80.dll.

astander 2010-03-09 07:08:49

So this means this code is VERY Visual Studio version dependent? (And it doesn't work in VS2010 RC ... even when i change to `GetActiveObject("VisualStudio.DTE.10.0");` Compiles and runs, but doesn't clear that window.

Pure.Krome 2010-03-19 22:58:31

I Lie. it does clear the window. No idea why it didn't the first time around.

Pure.Krome 2010-03-20 12:15:19

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