Debug Console...

[Greggle]

Greetings, all.

I want to add a debug/information console to my c++ program. Does anyone know of any places to look for information regarding that? My searches on the net have just returned things about console applications and debuggers.

Is there a better string to search by? I've tried "debug console", "information window", etc.

[Danny]

What's a debug console exactly? C++ isn't Java. You debug your program with a debugger, which in most cases is embedded in yoru IDE anyway. When the program crashes, the JIT debugger is invoked automatically, if it's installed of course.

[it career]

You can build it with debuging information and run it in debug mode.

[Greggle]

No-no-no. Apologies for any confusion. When I say 'debug console' I mean a console window(as it were) where I can get information from my program while it's running, e.g., which moves have been played, what certain functions evaluate to, etc. I'd also like to be able to input moves into the console and have them placed on the game board.

I dug around for a few hours last night and found a rather easy way to add that console via AllocConsole() and other functions. I am amazed at how easy it's been so far, especially since most of the info came from msdn, which can be confusing at times.

Any other suggestions, folks?