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

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.

Answer 2

    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 :) **