Redirect Console.Write... Methods to Visual Studio's Output Window While Debugging

Question

From a Console Application project in Visual Studio, I want to redirect Console's output to the Output Window while debugging.

Answer 1

    class DebugWriter : TextWriter
    {        
        public override void WriteLine(string value)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine(value);
            base.WriteLine(value);
        }

        public override void Write(string value)
        {
            Debug.Write(value);
            base.Write(value);
        }

        public override Encoding Encoding
        {
            get { return Encoding.Unicode; }
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
#if DEBUG         
            if (Debugger.IsAttached)
                Console.SetOut(new DebugWriter());   
#endif

            Console.WriteLine("hi");
        }
    }

** note that this is roughed together almost pseudo code. it works but needs work :) **

Answer 2

You can change it to System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write();

Answer 3

Try Trace.Write and use DebugView

Answer 4

Change application type to Windows before debugging. Without Console window, Console.WriteLine works like Trace.WriteLine. Don't forget to reset application back to Console type after debugging.