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Good old & dirty printf() debugging in a non-console C++ application or DLL.

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I just use OutputDebugString() and Sysinternals' DebugView.exe.

I just use OutputDebugString() and Sysinternals' DebugView.exe.

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Dave Cross

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Nice, accepted it as an alternative. pasztorpisti26-Jul-11 22:26 pasztorpisti 26-Jul-11 22:26  Nice, accepted it as an alternative. ...Can you set up filters to watch.. Yes you can. But this ... Dave Cross26-Jul-11 6:20 Dave Cross 26-Jul-11 6:20  ...Can you set up filters to watch.. Yes you can. But this is a Q&D approach, If you need to get that sophisticated, you probably should be using a different method. Although one other advantage of DebugView is that it catches messages from multiple threads and has quite accurate timing so you can do rudimentary profiling as well. Haven't tried this, but it is a similar approach to the logf... pasztorpisti26-Jul-11 3:37 pasztorpisti 26-Jul-11 3:37  Haven't tried this, but it is a similar approach to the logfile/logviewer approach. String formatting is not supported by OutputDebugString() but it can be hacked in with vararg macros. Can you set up filters to watch only your program every time your restart the debugged program?

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