[Microsoft Visual Studio] How to show dynamic text in output window?

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Hello, I'm using Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. I have created a makefile project that executes curl as build command. It provides an output in one line.

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  1 1380k    0     0    1 16384      0   271k  0:00:05 --:--:--  0:00:05  271k 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0   339k  0:00:04  0:00:01  0:00:03  342k 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0   201k  0:00:06  0:00:02  0:00:04  199k 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0   143k  0:00:09  0:00:03  0:00:06  141k 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0   111k  0:00:12  0:00:04  0:00:08  109k 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  93005  0:00:15  0:00:05  0:00:10 90988 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  78610  0:00:17  0:00:06  0:00:11     0 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  68065  0:00:20  0:00:07  0:00:13     0 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  60021  0:00:23  0:00:08  0:00:15     0 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  53678  0:00:26  0:00:09  0:00:17     0 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  48547  0:00:29  0:00:10  0:00:19     0 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  44311  0:00:31  0:00:11  0:00:20     0 35 1380k    0     0   35  496k      0  40752  0:00:34  0:00:12  0:00:22     0 37 1380k    0     0   37  512k      0  39924  0:00:35  0:00:13  0:00:22  3508 66 1380k    0     0   66  912k      0  64410  0:00:21  0:00:14  0:00:07 84570 66 1380k    0     0   66  912k      0  60254  0:00:23  0:00:15  0:00:08 84570 66 1380k    0     0   66  912k      0  56602  0:00:24  0:00:16  0:00:08 84570 66 1380k    0     0   66  912k      0  53368  0:00:26  0:00:17  0:00:09 84587 66 1380k    0     0   66  912k      0  50483  0:00:28  0:00:18  0:00:10 76318 67 1380k    0     0   67  928k      0  48565  0:00:29  0:00:19  0:00:10  3232 67 1380k    0     0   67  928k      0  46203  0:00:30  0:00:20  0:00:10  3232 67 1380k    0     0   67  928k      0  44061  0:00:32  0:00:21  0:00:11  3232 68 1380k    0     0   68  944k      0  43332  0:00:32  0:00:22  0:00:10  6813 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  58133  0:00:24  0:00:23  0:00:01 85481 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  55777  0:00:25  0:00:24  0:00:01 83411 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  53605  0:00:26  0:00:25  0:00:01 83411 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  51595  0:00:27  0:00:26  0:00:01 83411 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  49731  0:00:28  0:00:27  0:00:01 76332 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  47996  0:00:29  0:00:28  0:00:01     0 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  46379  0:00:30  0:00:29  0:00:01     0 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  44867  0:00:31  0:00:30  0:00:01     0 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  43450  0:00:32  0:00:31  0:00:01     0 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  42120  0:00:33  0:00:32  0:00:01     0 97 1380k    0     0   97 1344k      0  40869  0:00:34  0:00:33  0:00:01     0100 1380k    0     0  100 1380k      0  40664  0:00:34  0:00:34 --:--:--  7331100 1380k    0     0  100 1380k      0  39527  0:00:35  0:00:35 --:--:--  7331100 1380k    0     0  100 1380k      0  38452  0:00:36  0:00:36 --:--:--  7331100 1380k    0     0  100 1380k      0  38288  0:00:36  0:00:36 --:--:--  8787

But it must change first line with the next one with some time interval. How do I achieve this? Or, at least, how do I show this output in separate lines.
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The output window doesn't provide any sort of random access. You could try writing out backspace characters ("\b") and see if that deletes previous text, but I doubt it'll work.

EDIT: Ah, that's what curl will be doing, and it's clearly not working...

Quote:Or, at least, how do I show this output in separate lines.
I don't follow... You just print the same data out over and over?

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