   output for debugging
  ok in C++, using directX, how do you output easily for use in debugging?  The only way I know how to output anything is rly complex and currently is what Im having a bug with.  iostream doesnt work for me for some reason, but Im guessing its because of directX, cause it works in other programs I make.  I just need something simple like cout << "blah";   
  You could create a console window if you want real time data and output to that.  Or create a logging class.  For the console stuff see:http://benryves.com/tutorials/?t=winconsole&c=allhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/console_functions.aspI have both, works well.  I log for major errors and use console for monitoring data to see why stuff doesn't work correctly.   ;  Try the DXTrace function as well as the DXTRACE_ERR, DXTRACE_ERR_MSGBOX, and DXTRACE_MSG macros.  They're all documented in the SDK docs.If you want a non-DX way of doing things, use OutputDebugString to dump stuff to the debug spew.neneboricua   ;  thanks   