Visual-studio – How to get the MSBuild task to show up in the Visual Studio project output

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I'm trying to printf debug my Visual Studio project file by spewing messages to the console like this:

<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
  <Message Text="+++++++++++++++++++++++ Justin Dearing ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++" />
</Target>

This works from the command line:

BeforeBuild:
  +++++++++++++++++++++++ Justin Dearing ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

However, the messages don't show up in the Visual Studio 2010 build output. Is there an alternative MSBuild task I can use, or a setting in Visual Studio I can enable to make these messages appear?

Best Answer

Add the Importance attribute with value High to Message.

Like this:

<Message Importance="High" Text="+++ Justin Dearing +++" />
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