How to print some message when build using Visual Studio

Question

I have a project as following. I want to add some message to the project, so that I could print some variables.

I changed the Test.vcxproj file, and add some message to the file as following.

But when I right clicked the project and run the "Rebuild" command, I didn't see the "Hello world!" in the output window.

Could you help me to find what's wrong with it or how to add message to the build process? Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi @Taotao Sun , 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

You can try Viorel’s steps. 

Or you can add the following custom build steps to .vcxproj file:

<Target Name="CustomStep" AfterTargets="Build">
		<Exec Command="ECHO Hello, world!" />
</Target>

Sincerely,

Anna

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Answer 2

Some messages can be emitted with @echo Hello, world! command, typed into Build Events of Project Properties. You can also use variables (macros).