I'm working on a console application on C# and I need to open the console maximized. When I just hit the maximize button on the console window, it maximizes only on height and not in width. I tried to use the following code :
Console.WindowWidth = 150;
Console.WindowHeight = 61;
Which works almost as I want on my computer but gives error on some other computers.
What should I do to maximize the console?
Can't with the CLR. Need to import Win32 API calls and poke your container window. The following might help.
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool ShowWindow(System.IntPtr hWnd, int cmdShow);
private static void Maximize()
{
Process p = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
ShowWindow(p.MainWindowHandle, 3); //SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
private static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
private static IntPtr ThisConsole = GetConsoleWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
private const int HIDE = 0;
private const int MAXIMIZE = 3;
private const int MINIMIZE = 6;
private const int RESTORE = 9;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ShowWindow(ThisConsole, MINIMIZE);
}