How can I see cout output in a non-console application?

Question

It seems rather tedious to output to debug window. Where can I find cout output if I am writing a non-console information ?

Like:

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Answer 1

Instead of using cout, create a log file and write anything you want into it.

Edit: Use this simple code for writing to a log file.

ofstream log;
log.open ("log.txt");
log << "Writing this to a file.\n";
log.close();

Answer 2

Yes, indeed, it's annoying.

Here's how I do it :

#define DBOUT( s )            \
{                             \
std::wostringstream os_;    \
   os_ << s;                   \
   OutputDebugStringW( os_.str().c_str() );  \
}
// example :    DBOUT("some text " << some_variable << "   some more text" << some_other_varaible << "\n");