Running a C++ Console Program in full screen

Question

How to run a C++ Console Program in full screen ? , using VS2008

Answer 1

Just tested this with cl fullscreen.cpp :

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "user32")

int main()
{
    ::SendMessage(::GetConsoleWindow(), WM_SYSKEYDOWN, VK_RETURN, 0x20000000);

    std::cout << "Hello world from full screen app!" << std::endl; 
    std::cin.get();
}

Unfortunatelly it had duplicated the text on the second monitor :)

Answer 2

try:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(){
system("mode 650");

system("pause");
return 0;
}