title: How do I get the <Message> MSBuild task to show up in the Visual Studio project output?
body: <p>I'm trying to <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugging#Techniques" rel="noreferrer">printf debug</a></em> my Visual Studio project file by spewing messages to the console like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;Target Name="BeforeBuild"&gt;
    &lt;Message Text="+++++++++++++++++++++++ Justin Dearing ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++" /&gt;
  &lt;/Target&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works from the command line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>BeforeBuild:
    +++++++++++++++++++++++ Justin Dearing ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>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?</p>