How to write colored text in Visual Studio output window from C #?

Question

I want to write colored text in a Visual Studio output window from C #. I want to derive red code from my unit tests.

Answer 1

In fact, there are extensions for this. I am using the Lite (free) version of VSCommands for Visual Studio 2010 . With the Pro version, you could create a regular expression to create coloring. In the lite version, I add “warning” text to the debug message, and it is written in light brown.

Answer 2

As far as I know, the output window in Visual Studio is an element of the "plain text box" type that does not support colored text.

Answer 3

As far as I know, you cannot do this. You can change the color of the console font, but it does not affect the Visual Studio output window.

The only way to change the text color is through Tools-> Options-> Fonts and Colors, which affects all the text that is sent to the window.

Answer 4

SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, x) 

Where k is the integer color value and hConsole is the standard output descriptor.

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