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How set fullscreen under win 2000 pro(console)?

 
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Hi, i was tring to figure how set display mode to fullscreen under win2000, i saw at msdn that theres a SetConsoleDisplayMode, but that is for winXP +..

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  2. 			//sets the console window
  3. 			//to fullscreen
  4. void FullScreen(){
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  6. 	HANDLE consolehandle;
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  8. 	int sysmetrics_x=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXFULLSCREEN);//get full width
  9. 	int sysmetrics_y=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYFULLSCREEN);//get full height
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  11. 	COORD full_size;
  12. 		full_size.X= sysmetrics_x;
  13. 		full_size.Y= sysmetrics_y;
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  15. 	consolehandle=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
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  17. 	SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(consolehandle, full_size);
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  19. }// F FullScreen

But that really doesn't set fullscreen mode...
o.o theres a special function for it?
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Re: How set fullscreen under win 2000 pro(console)?

 
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Get DOS and use Mode 13h, lol

You have to get the max console size, then use SetConsoleDisplayMode()

edit: Actually I think you need WinXP for it, sorry.
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>theres a special function for it?
Nope. The usual suggested solution is to programmatically simulate Alt+Enter. I do believe that searching our forums will give you the code to do so.
I'm here to prove you wrong.
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tanx =D

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  1. void FullScreen(){
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  3.     keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0x38, 0, 0);
  4.     keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0x1c, 0, 0);
  5.     keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0x1c, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
  6.     keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0x38, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);	
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  8. }// F FullScreen

i dont have idea of what are those parameters, but it works
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i dont have idea of what are those parameters, but it works
Read the doc instead of copying code that you even don't understand.
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