How to use Console.WriteLine in ASP.NET (C#) during debug?

Question

I want to write some result to the console in ASP.NET (C#). It works in a Window application, but a Web application does not work. Here is what I have tried:

Answer 1

You shouldn't launch as an IIS server. check your launch setting, make sure it switched to your project name( change this name in your launchSettings.json file ), not the IIS.

Answer 2

Console.Write will not work in ASP.NET as it is called using the browser. Use Response.Write instead.

See Stack Overflow question Where does Console.WriteLine go in ASP.NET?.

If you want to write something to Output window during debugging, you can use

System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("SomeText");

but this will work only during debug.

See Stack Overflow question Debug.WriteLine not working.

Answer 3

Trace.Write("Error Message") and Trace.Warn("Error Message") are the methods to use in web, need to decorate the page header trace=true and in config file to hide the error message text to go to end-user and so as to stay in iis itself for programmer debug.

Answer 4

If for whatever reason you'd like to catch the output of Console.WriteLine, you CAN do this:

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var writer = new LogWriter();
    Console.SetOut(writer);
}

public class LogWriter : TextWriter
{
    public override void WriteLine(string value)
    {
        //do whatever with value
    }

    public override Encoding Encoding
    {
        get { return Encoding.Default; }
    }
}

Answer 5

Use response.write method in the code-behind.

Answer 6

using System.Diagnostics;

The following will print to your output as long as the dropdown is set to 'Debug' as shown below.

Debug.WriteLine("Hello, world!");

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