Are we forced to use Write-Output?

[Jehoschua]

Good evening

It's sad that we can not search for "Output" or "Write-Output" just in the Sapien Forum subjects - I'm pretty sure we are not the 1st Powershell Studio users with this problem...

If we *debug* a simple Powershell script in Powershell Studio:

"Hello Line 1"
"Hello Line 2"

Then we expect to get the Text "Hello Line 1" and "Hello Line 2" in the Output console.
But the Powershell Studio debugger changes the default Powershell handling of strings and they are not printed to the Output console.
We have to write this:

Write-Output "Hello Line 1"
Write-Output "Hello Line 2"

This is annyoing, because debugging should never change how a subject under test is handled.
Is there a way to get the default Powershell handling for strings in the Powershell Studio debugger?

Thanks a lot in advance,
kind regards,
Thomas

[DevinL]

So far, I've been unable to reproduce the results you're describing. This could be because I'm not understanding correctly so let me outline what I've tested to see where our paths differ:

I created a script with only 3 lines:

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1. "Test line 1"
2. "Test line 2"
3. "Test line 3"

I place a breakpoint on line 3 and begin debugging (F5), here are the results in the Output Panel:

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What am I doing differently from you? As soon as I have some more information I'll gladly look into this for you.

[Jehoschua]

Good morning DevinL

Thank you very much for your fast and detailed answer!!,
Today, the problem disappeared and therefore I've spend some time to investigate it because I had the same behavior some weeks ago.

Using the following small change, I can reproduce the problem:

Strange Debug Session: Output "Hello 1" is missing

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This example leads to a delayed output: if you continue debugging, the missing output will appear.

I would have bet that I've got the situation where the output were completely missing, but today, I am not able to reproduce it.

Kind regards,
Thomas

[DevinL]

I would like to verify real quick that the issue is your output isn't appearing in the Output panel when you hit the breakpoint in your screenshot, am I correct? I ask because your screenshot shows the Variables and Debug panel, and I wasn't sure if they were somehow related to this issue.

That aside, if the issue does crop up again please let us know and we'll look into further. It's usually when we want to reproduce a bug that we're unable to

[Jehoschua]

Good evening DevinL

Thank you very much for your feedback!,
yes, you're right, in my debug-session the Debug panel was active
and all strings were printed perfectly on the Output panel.

I will keep trying to reproduce my problem...

I'm very sorry for the troubles.

Kind regards,
Thomas

[DevinL]

No problem at all! Best of luck