Issue

Actually, the problem I'm having right now is exactly same as href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46901071/readkey-invalidoperationexception-application-does-not-have-a-console">ReadKey InvalidOperationException application does not have a console.

But the all provided solutions in that question don't work for me. The reason they don't work is I can neither add "console": "integratedTerminal" nor "internalConsole":true (These options available in VS Code official page as well). But I've searched a lot but there is nothing about these.

VS Code warns as "property console/internalConsole isn't allowed."

My current .json configuration file is as following:

        {
        "version": "0.2.0",
        "configurations": [
            {
            "name": "C#: Events Example",
            "type": "dotnet",
            "request": "launch",
            "projectPath": "${workspaceFolder}/Event/Event.csproj",
            "launchConfigurationId": "TargetFramework=;Microsoft.NETCore.App"
            }
        ]
        }

As a summary, how can I use terminal to debug C# app in VS Code in Linux?

Solution

The VSCode C# Extension (previously OmniSharp) brings in with it a configuration "type": "coreclr". This in turn brings the console property needed to tell VSCode where to redirect stdin/out.

We also need to point to the produced .dll instead of the .csproj. The config will look something like the following:

  "name": "Launch Me",
  "type": "coreclr",
  "request": "launch",
  "preLaunchTask": "build",
  "program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/<target-framework>/<project-name.dll>",
  "console": "integratedTerminal" //or internalConsole, or externalTerminal

The complete documentation is here. An example of a functional launch.json for C# can be seen here.

Answered By - NPras

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)

Monday, January 29, 2024

[SOLVED] how to configure .json options for C# to debug console app in internal terminal in VS Code

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