Increasing the size of console output display

Can we change/increase the size of console output to view large size of data in 开发者_StackOverflow社区console application at once?

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There seem to be different ways to Rome:

1. This should be the recommended way I would think, cause the name says it all: GetConsoleWindow as is demonstrated here.

2. A quick hack might be the windows API function SendInput. If you simulate Alt+Enter, you could probably fullscreen the active window.

3. Here are some propositions using API calls from user32.dll

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Check out the SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx API. It takes a CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX as input and that has a dwSize member which contains the size of the console screen buffer, in character columns and rows.

MSDN for SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx Function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686039(v=VS.85).aspx

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I once used a small hack that is first setting the console's output buffer and then trying to find the console window and resize it. It worked well on XP, I never tested it on newer Windows versions.

HANDLE h = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SMALL_RECT sr;
sr.Top  = 0;
sr.Left = 0;
sr.Bottom = 10;
sr.Right  = 79;
SetConsoleWindowInfo(h, TRUE, &sr);
TCHAR title[512];
GetConsoleTitle(title, 512);
HWND hWnd = FindWindow(NULL, title);
if(hWnd != NULL) {
    HWND hWndInsertAfter = NULL;
    UINT nFlags = SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOZORDER;
#if 0   // Don't move?
    nFlags |= SWP_NOMOVE;
#endif
    SetWindowPos(hWnd, hWndInsertAfter , 40, 350, 0, 0, nFlags);
    SetForegroundWindow(hWnd);
}

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If you are using the command prompt window, right click it's label on the task bar and click the Properties option.