Question

I didn’t see any output in the console or Visual Studio’s output panel from:

Debug.Write("WriteStatements() was reached")

Where does the output go to?

Answer 1

It writes to the default trace listener, which you would need to turn on:

Debug.Write Method

If you want this directed to the console you would need to add an instance of the ConsoleTraceListener:

In your .config file ensure you have the following entries:

<configuration>
  <system.diagnostics>
    <trace autoflush="false" indentsize="4">
      <listeners>
        <add name="configConsoleListener" 
          type="System.Diagnostics.ConsoleTraceListener" />
      </listeners>
    </trace>
  </system.diagnostics>
</configuration>

You may also need to ensure that you’ve included the /d:TRACE flag when compiling your project to enable the output.