When I first started making Windows programs in the early 2000s I needed a way to display logging information visually to the user. With some internet sleuthing I discovered how to create a windows console and using black magic, how to redirect the standard input/output streams to print to this window. With that problem solved…… Continue reading Redirecting standard output to console in Windows
Tag: Visual Studio
Getting rid of C#’s obj folders
A small tip for developers who are irritated with Visual Studio doing this to your pristine source tree: To get the obj directories out of your source tree, and somewhere nicer (your project’s build output directory for example) open up your project’s .csproj file in an external editor. Locate any line that has the <OutputPath>…… Continue reading Getting rid of C#’s obj folders
Compiling Qt with Visual Studio
So your awesome project that you’re developing with Visual Studio, and you want to use Trolltech’s Qt library? Luckily Trolltech provides an awesome Visual Studio plugin that does almost everything Qt creator does (minus Intellisense support for slots). The bad news is that Trolltech doesn’t directly tell you how to go about doing this: Download…… Continue reading Compiling Qt with Visual Studio