Thread: handles?

how can i "command" the DOS window to go full screen??
(i know the easy way is to tell the user to press alt+enter)

i have seen it done years ago when someone went through the API and also changed the window color.

I'm not sure if there is a way to make the console run in full screen mode (without spawining your program from another process), but this should run the console in a maximised window -

Code:

#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
  
	HANDLE hConsole;
	COORD size;
	HWND hWnd;
		
	hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
	size = GetLargestConsoleWindowSize(hConsole);
	SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(hConsole,size);
	SetConsoleTitle("test");
	hWnd = FindWindow(NULL,"test");
	
	ShowWindow(hWnd,SW_MAXIMIZE);

	return 0;
	
}