Window sizing

[Ulvain]

#include <iostream>

//the following line is necessary for the
// GetConsoleWindow() function to work!
//it basically says that you are running this
// program on Windows 2000 or higher
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500

//it is important that the above line be typed
// BEFORE <windows.h> is included
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main (void)
{
HWND console = GetConsoleWindow();
RECT r;
GetWindowRect(console, &r); //stores the console's current dimensions

//MoveWindow(window_handle, x, y, width, height, redraw_window);
MoveWindow(console, r.left, r.top, 800, 600, TRUE);
for (int j = 0; j < 100; ++j)
{
for (int i = 0x41; i < 0x5B; ++i)
cout << (char)i;
}
cout << endl;
Sleep(1000);
MoveWindow(console, r.left, r.top, r.right - r.left, r.bottom - r.top, TRUE);
}

[Zhuge]

I don't see a question. And please use code tags.

[Disch]

I cannot think of any practical reason why you'd need to move/resize the console window.

Something tells me you are misusing the console.