MFC programs can’t normally write to stdout. MFC does something weird with the stdout/stdin pipes during startup and anything you write (for example doing a printf(“hello”);) just goes to /dev/null.
Does anyone know how to successfully write to stdout from an MFC program?
Thanks for reading.
Use AllocConsole function to create a console for writing into. The following article explains how to use it to print to console.
Creating a console for your MFC app’s debug output
Dont forget to FreeConsole once you’re done with it.