console application

[dinger2121]

Hello,
I have never done any console programming and I have a question which I'm sure has a very simple answer. When my application runs, it outputs some data to the console window and then closes. How do I keep it from closing so that I can view the results?

Thanks

 

[JohnYingling]

Start/Programs/Accessoroes/Command Prompt then execute from inside the window. Might also write to a log file.

http://www.moldyoldy.com/VBComparedemo

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[misterstick]

OTTOMH:

1. declare int Main() and put a breakpoint on the final return 0;.
2. insert a Debug.Print(); statement and break on that.
3. use a Debug.Assert(false, "message"); at the end.
4. step through your code line by line and look at the console window for the output.
5. break on every Console.Write?(); statement and use f10 to step over them.
6. declare a method ConsoleWrite with the same footprint as Console.Write which not only calls Console.Write but also outputs it to a logfile.

hth,


mr s. <

 

[dinger2121]

Great...thanks!

 

[B00gyeMan]

OR you can write this:


Console.WriteLine( "Press <ENTER> to close.");
Console.ReadLine();

 

[dinger2121]

Great...thanks for everyone's help!

 

[NESWalt]

You can also put a Console.ReadLine() at the end of your code so that a user has to hit enter to actually close.