Making the console window bigger in C

Question

How can I resize the Windows console window in C?

Answer 1

Alright, after much deliberation, I got the code working.

Using this include:

#include <windows.h>

This struct:

struct SMALL_RECT {
    SHORT Left;
    SHORT Top;
    SHORT Right;
    SHORT Bottom;
};

And this function:

void adjustWindowSize()
{
    struct SMALL_RECT test; 

    HANDLE hStdout;
    COORD coord;
    BOOL ok;

    hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    coord.X = 100;
    coord.Y = 50;
    ok = SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(hStdout, coord);

    test.Left = 0;
    test.Top = 0;
    test.Right = coord.X-1;
    test.Bottom = coord.Y-1;

    SetConsoleWindowInfo(hStdout, ok, &test);

} //end adjustWindowSize 

I successfully adjusted the size of the console window to the values in coord.X and coord.Y