Visual Studio 2008 would not debug

Question

Im trying to debug the following code

using System;

public class Parent
{
    string parentString;
    public Parent()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Parent Constructor.");
    }
    public Parent(string myString)
    {
        parentString = myString;
        Console.WriteLine(parentString);
    }
    public void print()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("I'm a Parent Class.");
    }
}

public class Child : Parent
{
    public Child()
        : base("From Derived")
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Child Constructor.");
    }
    public new void print()
    {
        base.print();
        Console.WriteLine("I'm a Child Class.");
    }
    public static void Main()
    {
        Child child = new Child();
        child.print();
        ((Parent)child).print();
    }
}

but the Console only flashes on the screen, the output window generates the following messages...

'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\mscorlib\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\mscorlib.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.Utilities\9.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.Utilities.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Windows.Forms\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Windows.Forms.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.Utilities.Sync\9.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.Utilities.Sync.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Runtime\9.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Runtime.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Users\Skylight\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\bin\Debug\ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Core\3.5.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Core.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml.Linq\3.5.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.Linq.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Data.DataSetExtensions\3.5.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\System.Data\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.dll' 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll' The thread 0x10c8 has exited with code 0 (0x0). The thread 0x924 has exited with code 0 (0x0). 'ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe' (Managed): Loaded 'C:\Users\Skylight\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\bin\Debug\ConsoleApplication1.exe', Symbols loaded. The thread 0x954 has exited with code 0 (0x0). The thread 0xd84 has exited with code 0 (0x0). The program '[3660] ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe: Managed' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

Answer 1

Number of problems can cause this:

1. Did you set a breakpoint or start with [F11] (step into) ?
2. build in debug mode

Answer 2

If you want the console to stay up, put a ...

Console.ReadLine();

... as the last line in your Main. It will stay open until you hit return. (This looks like a little test program to me, so I think this would be okay.)