How to see the trace in a separate console

Question

Is it possible in C# to see the traces in a separate console. For example, I am having a window based application in which there are trace statements that will write the currently executed method name in to the console. When I run this application, it should automatically open a console and start the traces. Is this possible?

Answer 1

If you set the project type of your window application to Console, it will open a console window when you run it.

Answer 2

You can create a console window by calling the Win32 AllocConsole API through P/Invoke.

http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/AllocConsole.html