Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?

[Nathan Sokalski]

I have a Console Application, and when I do a "Start Without Debugging" to
test it, everything works, but it will not allow me to make the window wider
than half my screen. Even if I maximize it, it takes the full height, but
only half the width. This is very annoying, because sometimes lines are
longer than half the screen. Why is this, and is there any way to allow me
to make it take up the whole screen? Thanks.
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Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotm ail.com

http://www.nathansokalski.com/

[Family Tree Mike]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?

Change the window properties to 132 columns. The width is probably maxed
out at 80 columns.

"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hot mail.comwrote in message
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>I have a Console Application, and when I do a "Start Without Debugging" to
>test it, everything works, but it will not allow me to make the window
>wider than half my screen. Even if I maximize it, it takes the full height,
>but only half the width. This is very annoying, because sometimes lines are
>longer than half the screen. Why is this, and is there any way to allow me
>to make it take up the whole screen? Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotm ail.com

http://www.nathansokalski.com/

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[Nathan Sokalski]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?

Where would I go to change this?
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Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotm ail.com

http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Family Tree Mike" <FamilyTreeMike @ThisOldHouse.c omwrote in message
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Change the window properties to 132 columns. The width is probably maxed
out at 80 columns.
>
"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hot mail.comwrote in message
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>>I have a Console Application, and when I do a "Start Without Debugging" to
>>test it, everything works, but it will not allow me to make the window
>>wider than half my screen. Even if I maximize it, it takes the full
>>height, but only half the width. This is very annoying, because sometimes
>>lines are longer than half the screen. Why is this, and is there any way
>>to allow me to make it take up the whole screen? Thanks.
>--
>Nathan Sokalski
>njsokalski@hotm ail.com
>http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>>

>

[Family Tree Mike]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?

Right click on the console window's title bar and select properties. It
should be on the layout tab, shown as window size.

"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hot mail.comwrote in message
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Where would I go to change this?
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotm ail.com

http://www.nathansokalski.com/

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"Family Tree Mike" <FamilyTreeMike @ThisOldHouse.c omwrote in message
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>Change the window properties to 132 columns. The width is probably maxed
>out at 80 columns.
>>
>"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hot mail.comwrote in message
>news:e1H5fbUOJ HA.4752@TK2MSFT NGP04.phx.gbl.. .

>>>I have a Console Application, and when I do a "Start Without Debugging"
>>>to test it, everything works, but it will not allow me to make the window
>>>wider than half my screen. Even if I maximize it, it takes the full
>>>height, but only half the width. This is very annoying, because sometimes
>>>lines are longer than half the screen. Why is this, and is there any way
>>>to allow me to make it take up the whole screen? Thanks.
>>--
>>Nathan Sokalski
>>njsokalski@hotm ail.com
>>http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>>>

>>

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Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the scre

That feature is no longer availabe in Vista.

"张克鹏" wrote:

alt + enter to solve the problem.
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[Stanimir Stoyanov]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?

In addition to what Mike suggested, you can set the window Width and Height
of your Console at start up:

Console.WindowW idth = Console.Largest WindowWidth
Console.WindowH eight = Console.Largest WindowHeight

This will ensure that your Console takes up the whole working area and is
similar to what PowerShell does.

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Stanimir Stoyanov

http://stoyanoff.info

"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hot mail.comwrote in message
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>I have a Console Application, and when I do a "Start Without Debugging" to
>test it, everything works, but it will not allow me to make the window
>wider than half my screen. Even if I maximize it, it takes the full height,
>but only half the width. This is very annoying, because sometimes lines are
>longer than half the screen. Why is this, and is there any way to allow me
>to make it take up the whole screen? Thanks.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotm ail.com

http://www.nathansokalski.com/

>

[sloan]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?

That trick ROCKS!

I altered slightly, to get 90%

Console.WindowW idth = (Console.Larges tWindowWidth * 9 / 10);

Console.WindowH eight = (Console.Larges tWindowHeight * 9 / 10);



Thanks!!

"Stanimir Stoyanov" <stoyanov@REMOV ETHIS.live.comw rote in message
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In addition to what Mike suggested, you can set the window Width and
Height of your Console at start up:
>
Console.WindowW idth = Console.Largest WindowWidth
Console.WindowH eight = Console.Largest WindowHeight
>
This will ensure that your Console takes up the whole working area and is
similar to what PowerShell does.
>
--
Stanimir Stoyanov

http://stoyanoff.info

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"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hot mail.comwrote in message
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>>I have a Console Application, and when I do a "Start Without Debugging" to
>>test it, everything works, but it will not allow me to make the window
>>wider than half my screen. Even if I maximize it, it takes the full
>>height, but only half the width. This is very annoying, because sometimes
>>lines are longer than half the screen. Why is this, and is there any way
>>to allow me to make it take up the whole screen? Thanks.
>--
>Nathan Sokalski
>njsokalski@hotm ail.com
>http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>>

>

[Mythran]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?



"sloan" <sloan@ipass.ne twrote in message
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That trick ROCKS!
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I altered slightly, to get 90%
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Console.WindowW idth = (Console.Larges tWindowWidth * 9 / 10);
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Console.WindowH eight = (Console.Larges tWindowHeight * 9 / 10);
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Or you could have used:

Console.WindowW idth = Console.Largest WindowWidth * 0.9
Console.WindowH eight = Console.Largest WindowHeight * 0.9

:D It's math. Multiple ways to do the same thing :)


hth,
Mythran

[sloan]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?


You should have tested your code dude:

Error 1 Cannot implicitly convert type 'double' to 'int'. An explicit
conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

That's where I came up with the * 9 / 10 ...




"Mythran" <Mythran@commun ity.nospamwrote in message
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"sloan" <sloan@ipass.ne twrote in message
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>That trick ROCKS!
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>I altered slightly, to get 90%
>>
>Console.Window Width = (Console.Larges tWindowWidth * 9 / 10);
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>Console.Window Height = (Console.Larges tWindowHeight * 9 / 10);
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Or you could have used:
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Console.WindowW idth = Console.Largest WindowWidth * 0.9
Console.WindowH eight = Console.Largest WindowHeight * 0.9
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:D It's math. Multiple ways to do the same thing :)
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hth,
Mythran
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[Mythran]

Re: Why is my Console Application limiting itself to half the screen?



"Michael B. Trausch" <mike@trausch.u swrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:19:36 -0400
"Michael B. Trausch" <mike@trausch.u swrote:
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>Also, it's not very portable; Windows is the only system where the
>"console" has any notion of how large it can become on the given
>display.

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Furthermore (I should have mentioned this in my last post), setting the
Console width and height will throw System.NotSuppo rtedException on
non-Windows platforms, i.e., using Mono. Not sure what Microsoft's
Rotor does on non-Windows platforms, but I suspect it would do the same
thing since there is no way to change the terminal size without the
user doing it manually.
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--- Mike
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Aye, thanks for the info/correction :)

Mythran