how to see the printf when I debug the windows program?

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c++ console in a non-console application project

I am debugging windows program which started with winmain. There are smome printf inside, I am wondering if I can view the printf output somewhere? Do I need some special tools?

Answer 1

Assuming you're using VC++ you can use OutputDebugString to display output in the IDE.

something like:

wchar_t buffer[512]
wsprintf(buffer, L"Value is %d\n", value);
OutputDebugString(buffer);

Answer 2

Try this:

AllocConsole();
freopen("CONOUT$", "wb", stdout);
// your printf()

fclose(stdout);
FreeConsole();