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Customize the output window - Visual Studio Tutorial
From the course: Visual Studio Developer Tips
Customize the output window
- [Instructor] The Visual Studio Output Window displays status messages for actions that happen when working within the Visual Studio IDE. Since it is used by many parts of the application, it will contain a diverse set of messages, from build notifications, run time errors, project configuration data, and debug messages. In this tip, I'll look at how to customize the window, and change the way output is shown. First step is to view the Output Window. It's usually available on the bottom of the screen. Here it is. If you don't see it, you can always go to view, output. This is one of those windows that defaults to, when it has focus, you can work with it, and if you move the focus elsewhere in the application, say, click in here in the Solution Explorer, it will go back to this minimal representation. Now, for this demonstration, I want you to see it, so I will click here, and then pin it to the bottom of the window. First step is to look at what type of output is shown in the Output…
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