How can I make the command prompt window open in the top left corner? - c++

Question

I'm fairly new (about 10 weeks into an level 1 high school course) and I'm trying to see how I can format the command prompt window. I've learned how to set the size of the window, but not the position. I'm using code::blocks on a windows XP

Answer 1

First, Read This
Then, try these... (in a batch file)
Set mycmdHeight=40
Set mycmdWidth=80
Set mycmdxPos=0
Set mycmdyPos=120
Or, programmatically, look here or here

Answer 2

You can use windows function to move the console windows in your desire location.
First look the function to return the handle of current windows.
HWND WINAPI GetConsoleWindowNT(void)
{
// declare function pointer type
typedef HWND WINAPI (*GetConsoleWindowT)(void);
// declare one such function pointer
GetConsoleWindowT GetConsoleWindow;
// get a handle on kernel32.dll
HMODULE hK32Lib = GetModuleHandle(TEXT("KERNEL32.DLL"));
// assign procedure address to function pointer
GetConsoleWindow = (GetConsoleWindowT)GetProcAddress(hK32Lib,TEXT("GetConsoleWindow"));
// check if the function pointer is valid
// since the function is undocumented
if ( GetConsoleWindow == NULL ) {
return NULL;
}
// call the undocumented function
return GetConsoleWindow();
}
Use above function to get the handle of current window.
HWND hwnd = GetConsoleWindowNT();
Now, you can move your windows at your desire location using MoveWindow function like below:
MoveWindow(hWnd,1230,750,200,100,TRUE);
You can get the complete sample program here.