Saturday, December 1, 2007

Debug.WriteLine in C#

If you are used to using Debug.WriteLine in VB.NET, it is sometimes a little confusing when you try to do it in C# and it doesn't work. The trick is to say:


using System.Diagnostics;


at the beginning of the C# app, then the Debug.WriteLine will work as you expect.


You can get more detailed information on this subject from:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815788
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 1, 2007 at 3:47 PM

    I was thrilled to learn of Debug.WriteLine a few months ago--it made life so much easier.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 28, 2008 at 10:05 AM

    Thanks for the post.
    I was trying to figure out where the Debug.WriteLine functions were.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 23, 2008 at 8:44 AM

    This is great but does not always work. Visual Studio 2008 debugger is buggy! Another workaround however: simply use Console.WriteLine("your message here"); and then, when in debug mode (F5), the output to Console will appear in the Output tab for windows (assuming your program is a Windows Forms program and you are not using the Console to display), under the "Show Output from Debug" option (which should be the default)

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2012 at 1:13 PM

    'using System.Diagnostics;'

    Exactly what I was looking for as a new .NET dev, thanks man.

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