Startup Window in Console mode

[GreenHornet]

Hi All,

How do I get a compiled program to startup in a maximumized window? Thanks.

        GH

[CommonTater]

If it's console mode, you don't.

Really... Vista and Win7 no longer support full screen text mode windows.

If you are on XP or 2000 you can type ALT-Enter to max out the window.

But the big question is... Why would you want to?

[TimoVJL]

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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_MAXIMIZE);
return 0;
}


[CommonTater]

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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_MAXIMIZE);
return 0;
}


On my XP box that opened a full screen window.
On the Win7 machine it just made it the usual width but the full height of the screen.

[GreenHornet]

Thanks!

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
   ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_MAXIMIZE);
   return 0;
}

The reason I would want to do this is to do game textual programming. Starting at the bottom so to speak.

GH