Help make Console App Open in fullscreen.
 

Does anyone know how to make a console application open in fullscreen mode...Iv searched google,yahoo,MSDN, and other fourms and there was no specific C++ code for a console app fullscreen mode...Does anyone by anychance have an Idea on how to go about this?? :mrgreen:

Re: Help make Console App Open in fullscreen.
 

I saw this at the bottom of this page under Similar Threads:

How to make console programs full screen?

Re: Help make Console App Open in fullscreen.
 

I saw that post...Thats why i posted a new one...That code didn't seem to work with my Dev C++ 4.9.

Re: Help make Console App Open in fullscreen.
 

This program was written for something else, but I added the code to do it in full screen (but its not really full screen on XP, just as big as the cmd prompt window can get :eek: )

#define _WIN32_WINNT  0x0500

#include <windows.h>

#include <Wincon.h>

#include <string>

#include <algorithm>

#include <iostream>

#include <iomanip>

#include <algorithm>

#include <cctype>

using namespace std;



int main()

{ 

  HWND hWnd = GetConsoleWindow();

  ShowWindow(hWnd,SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED);    

    

        string str = "UPPER-CASE";

        transform(str.begin(),str.end(),str.begin(),(int(*)(int))std::tolower);

        cout << str << endl;

        cin.ignore();

        return 0;

}

Re: Help make Console App Open in fullscreen.
 

Thats Close...Do you have anything That would somewhat emulate Alt+Enter Cuz thats what im really lookin for. Thanks.

Re: Help make Console App Open in fullscreen.
 

Maybe try the SendKeys API to send the key combination of ALT & enter, probably won't give you the effect you want but it should make it fullscreen. I am searching for the same thing as we speak.

Re: Help make Console App Open in fullscreen.
 

Wait a minute, there is no SendKeys API I don't think :S anyway, I have found a way of simulating ALT & Enter...

void AltEnter()

{

    keybd_event(VK_MENU,

                0x38,

                0,

                0);

    keybd_event(VK_RETURN,

                0x1c,

                0,

                0);

    keybd_event(VK_RETURN,

                0x1c,

                KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,

                0);

    keybd_event(VK_MENU,

                0x38,

                KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,

                0);

    return;

}

found: http://www.adrianxw.dk/SoftwareSite/...Consoles6.html