## Console view

The Console view displays the output of a process and allows you to provide keyboard input to a process. There are numerous consoles available, see the Open Console dropdown list for those available to you. Most are enabled from various project panels in Carbide.

Figure 1 - Console view showing build console information

To view RDebug::Printf output in the Console view when targeting devices, ensure that the following Debugger options are matched with settings in the epoc.ini file.

- Set LogToDebugger 1 to use the View program output option
- Set LogToFile 1 to enable the View emulator output option

##### Table 1 Console view—items

Item | Icon | Explanation
--- | --- | ---
Scroll Lock |  | Toggles the scrolling of the console view contents.
Clear Console |  | Clears all content in the Console view.
Pin Console |  | Toggles the behavior of the console. When enabled the current console content is fixed all the time instead of scrolling out of sight. When disabled, the console changes according to the action.
Display Selected Console |  | Changes the contents of the current console view to show the selected console output.
Open Console |  | Opens a new console to display the log for: Platform Security Diagnostics New Windows System Messages Console New Emulation Program Output Console New CODA Program Output Console New CODA Communications Log Console New Symbian Rom Log Console New Emulator Output Console CVS New Console View Remember that program output is console output from the running binary and communications log is the messages sent between CODA and the on-device debug agent. NOTE You can pin any message log view so that it does not lose focus.