Resizing a Borland Builder 4.0 Console

Hi -

For reasons that I would rather not get into I have to write a project for School in Borland C++ Builder 4.0 which is pretty ancient.. (I usually use MSVC++)...

The problem is that the project I have chosen requires a console screen larger than the standard windows console. I cannot find any resources that describe resizing of the console window for this version of the compiler (plenty of MSVC specific gear, but nothing that appears to work or be documented in the help files).

Anyone got any ideas or docs on this?

What MSVC++ "specific" stuff do you mean. The API routines for modifying a console size are part of Win32, not VC.

You mean functions like AllocConsole and WriteConsole etc?

Can't seem to find them in the help.

I have to admit, I can't use this compiler at all. It doesn't seem to like having files added to the project as it keeps including a line (I am adding a file called CProtoApp.cpp):

USEUNIT("CProtoApp.cpp");

But the compiler barfs on the very line it included. Removing the line does not help because the compiler can no longer find the function definitions in this file.

It doesn't even seem to have a concept of header files!

I have used MVSC++ for quite a few years and the fact that this is an old compiler does not help.

>>> You mean functions like AllocConsole and WriteConsole etc?

Well, more SetConsoleScreenBufferSize() and SetConsoleWindowInfo(), but essentially yes.

I've never used the Builder IDE, so don't know. Certainly the Borland 5.5 compiler can use Win32 routines. It sounds like you have a configuration problem. Can you write a "Hello World!" program with the thing? If not, I'd delete it and re-install it.

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Can you write a "Hello World!" program with the thing?

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Oh yes - can do, I don't think it is an installation problem. What I did discover is that the Win32 functions do appear to be supported (as there is autocompletion on them), but the are not documented in the online help, which is rather annoying. I am going to have to play around this I can see.

If anyone has any tuts on multiple file console projects for Borland Builder 4.0 that'd be great!

The documentation doesn't cover it.. grrr..

Think I have solved the problem.. I'll have to try it out, but thanks for the help Adrian. :)