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Trace to Console in MFC application

I am currently tracing my errors in an MFC application to a .log file and to the event viewer, but I would also like to trace to the console. A console solution is posted here: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/612/Creating-a-console-for-your-MFC-app-s-debug-output

but I want to be able to turn it on and off easily (Perhaps with a TraceSwitch).

Solution

  • In addition to the obvious,

    <add name="LPRConsoleListener" type=System.Diagnostics.ConsoleTraceListener" />

    You must put

    AllocConsole()

    in your InitInstance() function before you initialize your MFC Window.