This is an example of a Win32 console application that sets the size of the window it’s running in. When you run it, it sets the size of the console window to 640 x 400 pixels. It actually seems to get rounded to an even multiple of the character width, which in this case produces a window width of 336 pixels.
It uses two Win32 functions to complete the task:
- GetConsoleWindow is used to get a handle to the console window.
- MoveWindow is then used to set the size and position of the window.
Here’s the source code:
//
// move_window.c - Move a console window to specific
// screen coordinates.
//
// Written by Ted Burke - last modified 17-4-2012
//
// To compile: gcc -o move_window.exe move_window.c
//
#define WINVER 0x0500
#include <windows.h>
int main (void)
{
// Get console window handle
HWND wh = GetConsoleWindow();
// Move window to required position
MoveWindow(wh, 100, 100, 640, 250, TRUE);
}
Here’s a screen shot of the console window I used to compile and run the program. In this screenshot, because the program has already been run, the window has already been resized.
By the way, to get rid of the scroll bars from the console window for this screenshot, I modified some of the console properties as follows (this settings dialog can be opened by clicking on the little icon on the left side of the window’s title bar and selecting “Properties”).
