full screen console apps in standard c++
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the subject talked. I worked and compiled programs in code::blocks. These .exe's do not have full screen modes in them!
how do i get them to work full screen?even properties of these exe's do not have full screen modes in them. (right click -> properties). what do i do to enable full screen?
Press Alt+Enter? There is a way to do it programatically, but I haven't found it. I'll continue hunting...
EDIT: I can't find any documented way of doing it, but some programs manage it, so there must be a way…
EDIT: I can't find any documented way of doing it, but some programs manage it, so there must be a way…
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come on guys, help me out!! i am a fish out of water! I gotto know how to make my apps all fullscreen...
Quick google search pulled up this:
How To Activate a Full Screen MS-DOS or Console Application
HWND hwndConsole = NULL; hwndConsole = FindWindow(NULL, "Test.exe"); if(NULL != hwndConsole) { SetForegroundWindow(hwndConsole); ShowWindow(hwndConsole, SW_MAXIMIZE); }How To Activate a Full Screen MS-DOS or Console Application
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Thanks for googling it, but it didn't work. I have code::blocks having the standard c++ library... Maybe what you gave me works only for Visual c++...
Short answer: you can't do that.
Longer answer: You can't do that with the C++ standard libraries. But you can do it using a library of some kind. The example above was made using the Windows API. You could also use pdcurses or other curses libraries for windows. Using a library might force you to use non-standard I/O (no more std::cout).
-Riku
Longer answer: You can't do that with the C++ standard libraries. But you can do it using a library of some kind. The example above was made using the Windows API. You could also use pdcurses or other curses libraries for windows. Using a library might force you to use non-standard I/O (no more std::cout).
-Riku
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