Any way to see Debug output without Visual Studio?

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Using MFC's TRACE macro or OutputDebugString from the Windows API, you can write to the output window of Visual Studio. Is there any way to see this output on a system where you don't have Visual Studio installed, and don't want to install it?

nusi · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-13 00:19:23Z

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You can use Debugview from Sysinternals/Microsoft

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx

answered Mar 13, 2009 at 0:19

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Mark Ransom Over a year ago

I accepted your answer, because it clearly states the source of the product.

RBerteig Over a year ago

You want to know about sysinternals, there are a number of utilities there that I find indispensable. The most critical is ProcessExplorer, and DebugView is a close second.

Mitch Wheat · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-13 00:18:01Z

You can capture the output from OutputDebugString with DebugView for Windows:

DebugView is an application that lets you monitor debug output on your local system, or any computer on the network that you can reach via TCP/IP. It is capable of displaying both kernel-mode and Win32 debug output, so you don't need a debugger to catch the debug output your applications or device drivers generate, nor do you need to modify your applications or drivers to use non-standard debug output APIs.

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