Microsoft Visual Studio: How to keep the console open without manually reading input?

I'm writing some C++ with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express, and I'm wondering if there is a way to display command output somewhere in the IDE instead of an external console window, or at least keep that window open.

Reading something from STDIN would work for a console application, but this is a unit test case and I don't want to modify the generated main function. Is开发者_如何学Go there another way?

Ctrl + F5 for quick test. The key combination keeps the console open until you close it.

I've found a solution that is not really elegant, but at least it works. I'm using a fixture in my unit testing framework (Boost.Test) which does system("pause") in the tear down method:

struct Global_fixture {
    Global_fixture() {}

    ~Global_fixture()
    {
        system("pause");
    }
};
BOOST_GLOBAL_FIXTURE(Global_fixture)

I hope you guys can find a better way.

In c++ you want to use : OutputDebugString

I think Debug.Write (and related) should do what you're looking for. Writes to the VS output window.

If you're running unit tests, you're not debugging, right? So use "Run withut debugging" and the console window will stay open.

Alternatively, open a command prompt of your own and launch the exe by typing its name.

In VC++ use

Console::WriteLine(L"my error text");

Printf won't produce any output. Neither will OutputDebugString. The Console will write at the bottom of the test results output, so all you have to do is double-click on the test in the "Test Results" window.