Is it possible to change the size, position, background colour, foreground colour of the default console window that the first programs I am currently exploring use?
Is it possible to change the size, position, background colour, foreground colour of the default console window that the first programs I am currently exploring use?
Programatically? Yes via the windows API. However this isn't necessarily something you want to focus to much on when just learning how to program. adrianxw has decent tutorials on console programming, however like I said not really something you want to focus on. Additionally, for GUI programming in C++, the suggested course is QT, however you really need to learn more C++ before diving into that.
Originally Posted by anduril462
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
Thanks for the advice Andrew and I realise it is sound; but it is infuriating having to do everything in a 7½ x 3½ window - I assume then that I cannot somehow change it from within Code::Blocks?
Oh, I think I see what you are saying. Just compile your code and then run it from the command prompt, this will give you the windows "dos window" which you can change the size of just like any other window. As for C::B I am not sure, perhaps there is some settings you can adjust. I am sure someone knows around here, also you can check your help file for C::B.
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
If you mean, the console window, I think you can change the size manually at runtime... (I tried on my computer...and it worked..)
Yes, I just looked through our Setting up C::B tutorial and it looks like once you hit F9 it spawns the standard windows console window. Which you can just grab the corner of and drag to resize.
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
You can indeed change the height of the console window by dragging but not the width.
Googling found the following which when run gives you a console window listing the colours available.
If you change "Color )G" to eg "Color f1" you get blue text on a white background, so until I am ready to start GUI programming that will do most of what I want.Code:#include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> using namespace std; int main() { system ("TITLE Color Program"); system ("Color )G"); return 0; }
Did you look at adrian's tutorials? If you want to do this, you might as well do it the right way. Click on that link I gave you and read through his console programming section; that will show you how to do what you want.
Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.
Sorry Andrew, I obviously misunderstood your first comments- I assumed you meant that changing colours etc couldn't be done except by getting into programming with Windows API - had another look and will study Adrian's tutorials closely later today.
Besides the tutorial you can also check out the Windows SDK documentation for console functions. There are a whole host of functions related solely to the console.
In the SDK index type in AllocConsole and from there you should be able to find a link to all of the console related functions.
Actually you are working on a visual representation of the old DOS 25 x 80 screen... In CMD.EXE they've added buffering so you can scroll back but it's still a Command Line Interface, intended to deliberately emulate DOS.
If you want GUI style windows... use Windows... theForger's Win32 API Tutorial
That depends on the Windows version... Prior to Vista you could even go full screen with it. On Vista and Win7 you can only make it taller or shorter.
...Qt...
