How do I set my PC monitor to be the "console" when I try to "condole.write"?

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I have never understood writing to a console. I have created a data table but need to view it to make sure I am saving the correct data in the correct order.

I found a vb.net example on Microsoft's on-line help but it requires writing to the "console".

I have no idea what the Console in this setting is supposed to be.

I am working on a windows10 PC using Visual Studio 2017, VB.Net

If you know how to do this, or another way to display the data table on the monitor, I would be grateful.

What I have tried:

Searched on line with Bing, searched Microsoft's on-line explanation, tried Wikipedia.

Posted 25-Mar-21 10:40am

Slow Eddie

Updated 25-Mar-21 11:07am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-25T11:07:00

Unless you are writing a Console app (instead of a WPF or WinForms app) you don't normally have a console - instead Console.Write commands write to the Output pane of the debugger (as do Debug.Write commands).

It is possible to add a Console to a WinForms app, but for production you probably don't want that - it's really meant for debugging development code.

So if you really, really want to see what is in a DataTable in dev then you can use Console.Write and view the Output pane - but you can just look at the DataTable directly in the debugger anyway, so most of the time you don't need to, the debugger is a lot more flexible that just writing strings can ever be!

For production, you'd use a DataGridView or similar and set the DataSource as the DataTable - it's show the data automatically.