The Output window can display status messages for various
features in the integrated development environment (IDE). To
open the Output window, on the View menu, click Output (or press
CTRL + ALT + O). The Output window is not found on the View menu
in Visual Studio Express editions. You can use the hotkey CTRL +
ALT + O to bring it up. To display the Output window whenever
you build a project, in the General, Projects and Solutions,
Options Dialog Box, select Show Output window when build starts.
Then, with a code file open for editing, click the Go to Next
Message and Go To Previous Message buttons on the Output window
toolbar to select entries in the Output pane. As you do this,
the insertion point in the code editor jumps to the line of code
where the selected problem occurs. Certain IDE features and
commands invoked in the Command Window deliver their output to
the Output window. Output from external tools such as .bat and
.com files, which is typically displayed in the Command Prompt
window, is routed to