Output Window

The Output window is a multitabbed window that displays messages from the IDE. To open this window, choose View and choose Output Window.

One function of the Output window is to notify you of any errors in a build. Double-clicking an error message in the Output window opens the file in the Source Editor and highlights the line with the offending syntax. Other functions of the Output window are to notify you of runtime errors and to act as a standard input and output device.

For debugging messages, the Output window is split vertically into two panes. The left pane displays the output of the application being debugged. The right pane displays details of the program's threads and breakpoints as well as status messages from the debugger.

You can customize the way messages are displayed in the Output window. To customize the color and font size used in the window, open the Options window and modify the properties of the Output window node. To govern the use of the runtime tabs (such as whether to create a new tab for each program execution), open the Options window and modify the Output Tab Behavior property of the Execution Settings node.

See also
Customizing the Output Window
Setting Runtime Options for the Environment

Legal Notices