Write text to the output

To write text to the output tab of the info pane, use the WriteLine method of the IOutput object.

public void WriteLine(ICommandContext c, ICommandParams p) 
{ 
//Write to the output and activate the output tab in the info pane 
//The first argument is the category, the second argument is the output text 
c.App.Output.WriteLine("sample", "message here"); 

//Activate the output tab 
c.App.Window.IsInformationPaneVisible = true; //Show the information pane 
c.App.Window.ActiveInfoWindow = "Output"; //Activate the output tab 
c.App.Window.CurrentOutputCategory = "sample"; //Select a category 
} 

To specify the format for output, use the WriteFormatLine method.

public void WriteFormatLine(ICommandContext c, ICommandParams p) 
{ 
var model = c.App.Workspace.CurrentModel; 

//The first argument is the category, the second argument is the format of the output text, and the third argument is the format parameters. 
c.App.Output.WriteFormatLine("sample", "Current model Model name: {0} Metaclass: {1}", new []{model.Name, model.Metaclass.DisplayName}); 
}