find console coords

hi everyone, my name is Atique and i am new to the forum so my regards to all, i'm working in vc++ 6.0 and i need a function that gives the current coordinates of the console window.
thanks for your precious time.

In C there is ncurses library.In C++ i do not anything that answer your question.So i suggest you to write a class in order to wrap this C library.Then you can handle it as an object and that's it :) However i have never tried it

that's a bit of an ambiguous question.

do you want the coordinates of the cursor in the window?
do you want the coordinates of the window itself?
did you not notice the windows programming forum, which would have been a more appropriate place for this question?

I think you want the GetCursorPos function Attachment 11874:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>


int main(void)
{
    LPPOINT Coord;
    while(1)
    {
        GetCursorPos(Coord);
        printf("X: %d  Y: %d\n", Coord->x, Coord->y);
        Sleep(1000);
    }
    //return 0;
}

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I hope that I have helped Attachment 11873.

Boom -> seg fault
better would be

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main(void)
{
    POINT Coord;
    while(1)
    {
        GetCursorPos(& Coord);
        printf("X: %d  Y: %d\n", Coord.x, Coord.y);
        Sleep(1000);
    }
    //return 0;
}

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Kurt

thanks a lot everyone for such a good response,

Elkvis i want the windows coordinates itself, i was a little reluctant from that windows forum because i know nothing about windows programming,:frown:

Actually i am making a chess game which uses a lot of bitmaps, and is handled with mouse, since i am not aware of windows programming so the game involves a little hard coded stuff, because of that i have to move the console-window to the corner otherwise it creates problem, so i need a function that tells the current window position, i would subtract it from the mouse cords and the problem is solved.

Better would be,
std::cout << "X: " << Coord.x << " Y: " << Coord.y << "\n";
Since this is C++, after all.

Anyway, I recommend you ditch this approach and VC++ 6 (why do you use such an old version anyway?) and focus your efforts on finding a GUI library instead.
Noone wants to use a console for a game.

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Noone wants to use a console for a game.

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Is this is a bad time for a "PS3 has no games" joke?

GetCursorPos is not even the right API. That's for moving the thing that your mouse controls.

What?
GetCursorPos gets the current coordinates where the mouse (pointer) is.
SetCursorPos moves the mouse (pointer).

O_o

I believe that the intent was to say that `GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo' and `SetConsoleCursorPosition' would be needed for the console cursor instead of `GetCursorPos' and `SetCursorPos' which is for the mouse cursor.

Soma

but the OP said

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Originally Posted by atique

i want the windows coordinates itself

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I interpret this to mean the window's position on screen, but of course I could be misunderstanding. atique appears to be a non-native english speaker, so it could be very easy to misunderstand.

thanks a lot everyone for such a good response, i have just got the answer form that windows programming forum ' thanks to Elkvis '.

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    HWND conwin = GetConsoleWindow();
    RECT conrect;
    if (!conwin || !GetWindowRect(conwin, &conrect))
    {
        cerr << "Error" << endl;
        return 1;
    }//if

    cout << "(" << conrect.left << "," << conrect.top << ")-("
        << conrect.right << "," << conrect.bottom << ")" << endl;
   
    int width = conrect.right - conrect.left;
    int height = conrect.bottom - conrect.top;
    cout << "W=" << width << endl;
    cout << "H=" << height << endl;
   
    cout << "Moving to 0,0...." << endl;
    MoveWindow(conwin, 0, 0, width, height, TRUE);
   
    return 0;
}//main

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Well it appears you asked the wrong question then because it appears that all you wanted was to know how to move the window to the top-left corner of your screen.

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Originally Posted by iMalc

Well it appears you asked the wrong question then because it appears that all you wanted was to know how to move the window to the top-left corner of your screen.

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i'm sorry iMalc if it appeared so but i asked for current windows cords
and the function

GetWindowRect() gave me the answer.
The MoveWindow() function was just an addtional treat,anyways i'm new here so my question my have been confusing, thanks for help.

My skin starts to crawl when people try to make any other games than text-based ones on the console.
And you still have not even acknowledged whether you are are stuck in the past or gone modern.