Redirect Trace output to Console

Sub WorkerMethod()
   ''//Do some work
   Trace.WriteLine("Work progress")

   ''//Do more work
   Trace.WriteLine("Another progress update")

   ''//...
End Sub


Sub Main()

   ''//Do any setup, like confirm the user wants to continue or whatever

   WorkerMethod()

End Sub

Public Class ConsoleTrace
    Inherits Diagnostics.TraceListener

    Public Overloads Overrides Sub Write(ByVal message As String)
        Console.Write(message)
    End Sub

    Public Overloads Overrides Sub WriteLine(ByVal message As String)
        Console.WriteLine(message)
    End Sub
End Class

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <system.diagnostics>
    	<trace autoflush="true">
    		<listeners>
    			<add name="logListener" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener" initializeData="cat.log" />
    			<add name="consoleListener" type="System.Diagnostics.ConsoleTraceListener"/>
    		</listeners>
    	</trace>
    </system.diagnostics>
</configuration>

Trace.Listeners.Add(new ConsoleTraceListener());

ConsoleTraceListener listener = new ConsoleTraceListener();
Trace.Listeners.Add(listener);

Trace.WriteLine("Howdy");

Trace.Listeners.Remove(listener);

Trace.Close();

Stream outResultsFile = File.Create ("output.txt");
var textListener = new TextWriterTraceListener (outResultsFile);
Trace.Listeners.Add (textListener);