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How do I get SysInternals DebugView to display indents?

I'm using SysInternals DebugView with my .Net application. I've tried using the Indent feature of the .Net Debug class, but DebugView just seems to represent this as a NewLine character.

Does anyone know if it's possible to get DebugView to display the indents?

Sample Code:

static void Main (string[] args)
{
    Debug.WriteLine("Indent level: {0}", Debug.IndentLevel);

    Debug.Indent();
    Debug.WriteLine("Indent level: {0}", Debug.IndentLevel);
    Debug.Indent();
    Debug.WriteLine("Indent level: {0}", Debug.IndentLevel);
    Debug.Indent();
    Debug.WriteLine("Indent level: {0}", Debug.IndentLevel);

    Debug.Unindent();
    Debug.WriteLine("Indent level: {0}", Debug.IndentLevel);
    Debug.Unindent();
    Debug.WriteLine("Indent level: {0}", Debug.IndentLevel);
    Debug.Unindent();
    Debug.WriteLine("Indent level: {0}", Debug.IndentLevel);
}

Output:

[9632] Indent level: 0
[9632]
[9632] Indent level: 1
[9632]
[9632]
[9632] Indent level: 2
[9632]
[9632]
[9632]
[9632] Indent level: 3
[9632]
[9632]
[9632] Indent level: 2
[9632]
[9632] Indent level: 1
[9632] Indent level: 0

What I'd Like to see:

[9632] Indent level: 0
[9632]   Indent level: 1
[9632]     Indent level: 2
[9632]       Indent level: 3
[9632]     Indent level: 2
[9632]   Indent level: 1
[9632] Indent level: 0

Rik

Solution

  • But wait! It looks like it is possible. You just need to turn off the Force Carriage Returns feature on the Options menu.

    I discovered the answer here: http://forum.sysinternals.com/topic26797_post131196.html#131196

    Here's the text:

    By default, the Force Carriage Returns option is enabled, which displays every string passed to a debug output function on a separate line, whether or not that text is terminated with a carriage return. If you disable that option in the Options menu, DebugView buffers output text in memory and adds it to the display only when a carriage return is encountered or the memory buffer is filled (approximately 4192 characters). This allows applications and drivers to build output lines with multiple invocations of debug output functions.