Capture console output for debugging in VS?

Question

Under VS\'s external tools settings there is a \"Use Output Window\" check box that captures the tools command line output and dumps it to a VS tab.

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Answer 1

You can use Systems.Diagnostics.Trace class to write your output to the Output window instead of (or in addition to) the console. It take a little configuration, but it works. Is that along the line of what you want?

You can also add your own tab per this article, but I've never tried it.