some ?s

[_Harut_]

hi, i have 2 ?s.

how can i shut down Windows with BV or C++?
is there any such statement or object that i can use?

at least, how can i display the shut down box?

one more thing.
how can i miximize my output window in C++? with code, not manualy.

thank you

[z0mbie]

1. there's an API function - ExitWindowsEx
2. get the window handle and use ShowWindow

[acid]

SetWindowPlacement

The SetWindowPlacement function sets the show state and the restored, minimized, and maximized positions of the specified window.

[_Harut_]

ok, let's start all over again.

1. what's an API?
2. what's a window handle?

thanks

[acid]

Harut, I guess it will be better for you to you read some Windows Programming book first and then try to do things.

[_Harut_]

yes acid, i'm getting way ahead of my level and what i know, but, you know, that's how we learn.

i figured out the shut down thing just after posing my last message.

and my second ? was a wrong one.
i need to make the output full screen. it is in console window.

so if you can help, i'll be thankful.

[Eddi]

Originally posted by _Harut_:
i need to make the output full screen. it is in console window.

so if you can help, i'll be thankful.

Of the top of my head there is no easy way to make a full-screen console.

The only way that comes to my mind, is to create a win32 full screen window, and create a pipe in it, which will be linked to console stdin, stdout and stderr. But I don't think that's a beginner problem to solve.

[Eddi]

Good news

I just looked up the documentation, and if you run that console using CreateProcess, and set dwFlags in startupinfo to STARTF_RUNFULLSCREEN, it will work for console windows! (under WinNT/2000 and later)
e.g.

	STARTUPINFO si;
	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
	ZeroMemory( &si, sizeof( si ) );

	si.cb = sizeof( STARTUPINFO );
	si.dwFlags = STARTF_RUNFULLSCREEN;

	CreateProcess( NULL, "cmd.exe", NULL, NULL, FALSE, NULL,
NULL, NULL, &si, &pi );

Have fun!

[z0mbie]

Eddi po moemu nuzno bыlo chtob console application sama sebya pereklyuchila v fullscreen, vot kak mozhno(win2000/xp)

  
typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PROCSETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE)(HANDLE,DWORD,LPDWORD);
typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PROCGETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE)(LPDWORD);
PROCSETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE SetConsoleDisplayMode;
PROCGETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE GetConsoleDisplayMode;
HMODULE hKernel32 = GetModuleHandle("kernel32");
SetConsoleDisplayMode = (PROCSETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE ) GetProcAddress(hKernel32,"SetConsoleDisplayMode");
GetConsoleDisplayMode = (PROCGETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE)  GetProcAddress(hKernel32,"GetConsoleDisplayMode");
HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
DWORD dwOldMode;
SetConsoleDisplayMode(hOut,1,&dwOldMode);

[_Harut_]

thanks people.

even though i didn't understand most of the codings you provided, it looks promising.

now if you tell me where to put that piece of code, that wiil help.

do i insert it just in my main() function? if so, what header files do i need?
or do i save it in separate header file and include it in my main file?

thanks again.

[z0mbie]

#include <windows.h>

void FullScr(){
typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PROCSETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE)(HANDLE,DWORD,LPDWORD);
typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PROCGETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE)(LPDWORD);
PROCSETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE SetConsoleDisplayMode;
PROCGETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE GetConsoleDisplayMode;
HMODULE hKernel32 = GetModuleHandle(&quot;kernel32&quot;);
SetConsoleDisplayMode = (PROCSETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE )
GetProcAddress(hKernel32,&quot;SetConsoleDisplayMode&quot;);
GetConsoleDisplayMode = (PROCGETCONSOLEDISPLAYMODE)
GetProcAddress(hKernel32,&quot;GetConsoleDisplayMode&quot;);
HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
DWORD dwOldMode;
SetConsoleDisplayMode(hOut,1,&dwOldMode);
}

....


int main(){
.....
FullScr(); // use where u need it
....

}

[_Harut_]

thanks a lot zombie.

[Eddi]

If you want to do the same trick for windows 9x/me, you can use this:

	DWORD dwThread = GetCurrentThreadId( );
	PostThreadMessage( dwThread, WM_COMMAND,0xE00F,0);

This will switch the console mode (so you may consider reading, what's the default console mode from HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Console/FullScreen). Don't forget to include windows.h