How to view printf output in a Win32 application on Visual Studio 2010?

Question

How can you view printf output in a Win32 application (entering with a WinMain) in Visual Studio 2010?

Answer 1

For MinGW use "_A_SYSTEM" instead "_O_TEXT". So ported Quintin Willison answer is as follows:

#include 
void SetStdOutToNewConsole()
{
  // allocate a console for this app
  AllocConsole();
  // redirect unbuffered STDOUT to the console
  HANDLE consoleHandle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
  int fileDescriptor = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t)consoleHandle, _A_SYSTEM);
  FILE *fp = _fdopen( fileDescriptor, "w" );
  *stdout = *fp;
  setvbuf( stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0 );
  // give the console window a nicer title
  SetConsoleTitle(L"Debug Output");
  // give the console window a bigger buffer size
  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
  if ( GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(consoleHandle, &csbi) )
  {
    COORD bufferSize;
    bufferSize.X = csbi.dwSize.X;
    bufferSize.Y = 9999;
    SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(consoleHandle, bufferSize);
  }
}