Thread: Redirecting cout stream

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    Arrow Mk84
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    Redirecting cout stream

    Does anyone know of a way that I can redirect cout to a specific stream, such as a log file? Here's the problem: I'm using a 3rd party 3D graphics library (openscenegraph) that reports errors using cout/cerr. The program I'm writing is an Windows App based on MFC, and as such has no console support. I've tried creating a console class on my own, but that effort has basically bombed out - the examples I have insert a stream directly to the console class, not to cout.

    I would like to capture/redirect the cout stream so I can read the errors that the library produces (I really wish OSG would just throw exceptions or provide some sort of base class for error handling that I could use...). My program's error handling system uses exceptions (like a good C++ program should) and stores them in a queue for later printing; it would be easy to add support for streams, assuming I could redirect cout.

    Thanks,
    Ryan

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    Yes, it is possible.

    I assume you're using Windows, try this function:

    Code:
     
    BOOL SetStdHandle(
      DWORD nStdHandle,  // input, output, or error device
      HANDLE hHandle     // handle
    );
    Last edited by Sang-drax : Tomorrow at 02:21 AM. Reason: Time travelling

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