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Summary

The OutputDebugString API

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static extern void OutputDebugString(string lpOutputString);

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Shared Sub OutputDebugString(ByVal lpOutputString As String)

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Public Declare Sub OutputDebugString Lib "kernel32" Alias _

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    "OutputDebugStringA" (ByVal lpOutputString As String)

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Get DebugView here (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/DebugView.html) to display the output of OutputDebugString.

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This C# example extends the OutputDebugString(...) with variable arguments:

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        public static void OutputDebugStringVarArg(

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            OutputDebugString(string.Format(format, args));

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Now run the function as follows: OutputDebugStringVarArg("It is {0} past {1}", new object[] {5,10 });

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Get OutputDebugString function implementation that accepts variable number of arguments like printf here (http://www.go4expert.com/forums/showthread.php?t=871)

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OutputDebugString("OutputDebugString Successfully executed");

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Documentation

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/debug/base/outputdebugstring.asp