Clear Output/Debug window?

[Bob]

Does anyone know how to clear the window so it's easier to see the
stuff you have listed with Debug.Write(xyz)?

Bob Sweeney

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Try right-clicking inside the Output window and look at the context menu
options.
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"Bob" wrote:

>
Does anyone know how to clear the window so it's easier to see the
stuff you have listed with Debug.Write(xyz)?

Bob Sweeney

[Bob]

On Mar 22, 12:21 pm, Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]
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Try right-clicking inside the Output window and look at the context menu
options.
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"Bob" wrote:

Does anyone know how to clear the window so it's easier to see the
stuff you have listed with Debug.Write(xyz)?

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I mean programmatically so I can see my Debug.Write results

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Programmatically, you need to work with the DTE80 assembly which comes in
either COM or .NET flavors. I don't know exactly how to do it, but there are
plenty of code samples on MSDN to get you started.
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"Bob" wrote:

On Mar 22, 12:21 pm, Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]
<[e-mail]:

Try right-clicking inside the Output window and look at the context menu
options.
Peter
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"Bob" wrote:

Does anyone know how to clear the window so it's easier to see the
stuff you have listed with Debug.Write(xyz)?

Bob Sweeney- Hide quoted text -

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I mean programmatically so I can see my Debug.Write results

[Zytan]

Does anyone know how to clear the window so it's easier to see the

stuff you have listed with Debug.Write(xyz)?

You can't programmatically. I know, it sucks. Best to make a logger
and use that instead. Although, sometimes the Output window info is
useful, so its not a complete waste. But, for general debugging it
pretty much is.

I wonder if you can just create a console, like in Win32 apps? And
use that? That'd be the easiest solution, I imagine. But, last I
heard you couldn't instantiate Console in .NET 2.0 or later.

Zytan

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Zytan,
This is inaccurate. With the EnvDTE80 namespace you have programmatic access
to all of the IDE, its windows, and their contents:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...68(VS.80).aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...te(VS.80).aspx

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"Zytan" wrote:

Does anyone know how to clear the window so it's easier to see the
stuff you have listed with Debug.Write(xyz)?

You can't programmatically. I know, it sucks. Best to make a logger
and use that instead. Although, sometimes the Output window info is
useful, so its not a complete waste. But, for general debugging it
pretty much is.

I wonder if you can just create a console, like in Win32 apps? And
use that? That'd be the easiest solution, I imagine. But, last I
heard you couldn't instantiate Console in .NET 2.0 or later.

Zytan

[Laura T.]

Yup. This works. But is it worth of it?

private void ClearOutput()
{
EnvDTE80.DTE2 ide =
(EnvDTE80.DTE2)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Mars hal.GetActiveObject("VisualStudio.DTE.8.0");
ide.ExecuteCommand("Edit.ClearOutputWindow","");
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComO bject(ide);
}

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Zytan,
This is inaccurate. With the EnvDTE80 namespace you have programmatic
access
to all of the IDE, its windows, and their contents:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...68(VS.80).aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...te(VS.80).aspx

-- Peter
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UnBlog: http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
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"Zytan" wrote:

Does anyone know how to clear the window so it's easier to see the
stuff you have listed with Debug.Write(xyz)?

You can't programmatically. I know, it sucks. Best to make a logger
and use that instead. Although, sometimes the Output window info is
useful, so its not a complete waste. But, for general debugging it
pretty much is.

I wonder if you can just create a console, like in Win32 apps? And
use that? That'd be the easiest solution, I imagine. But, last I
heard you couldn't instantiate Console in .NET 2.0 or later.

Zytan

[Zytan]

This is inaccurate. With the EnvDTE80 namespace you have programmatic access

to all of the IDE, its windows, and their contents:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...te(VS.80).aspx

I thought you could, but not from C#, which is what I meant. But, I
see that you can from C#, as Laura has shown with the content you
provided.

Zytan

[Zytan]

Yup. This works. But is it worth of it?

>
private void ClearOutput()
{
EnvDTE80.DTE2 ide =
(EnvDTE80.DTE2)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Mars hal.GetActiveObject("Visu*alStudio.DTE.8.0");
ide.ExecuteCommand("Edit.ClearOutputWindow","");
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComO bject(ide);
}

Thanks for the example, Laura.

What do you imply by your question? I have one question, and maybe
this is what you are getting at: Is there any reason why the Output
Windows is NOT cleared? I'd prefer it cleared every time. Oh, wait,
I think I know why: because you'll clear the start-up logging of the
process. We actually want it to be cleared BEFORE that, so that only
the current run is shown in the window. Yeah, so this is why it is
likely not worth it. And thus, a logger is a better idea.

Zytan

[Zytan]

We actually want it to be cleared BEFORE that, so that only

the current run is shown in the window.

Actually, only the current execution is shown in the Output Window.
So all is ok.

I was certain that before this wasn't the case. I think I was
thinking about how it works in VB, which is quite different.

Zytan