Simplest way to write output message to 'output window' in Visual Studio 2010?

Question

I\'ve tried OutputDebugString function and most of the time I get error like :

error C2664: \'OutputDebugStringA\' : cannot convert parameter 1          


        

Answer 1

The most common way I'm aware of is the TRACE macro:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4wyz8787%28VS.80%29.aspx

For example:

int x = 1;
int y = 16;
float z = 32.0;
TRACE( "This is a TRACE statement\n" );

TRACE( "The value of x is %d\n", x );

TRACE( "x = %d and y = %d\n", x, y );

TRACE( "x = %d and y = %x and z = %f\n", x, y, z );