Maximise a console window ?

[norseal]

Hello,

Please tell me how to maximise a DOS console window. I am trying to go from 2.6 to 6pro. I designed ver6 reports
for use with 2.6 code that calls an exe and despite Screen=OFF and _Screen.Visible=.F. when
we print focus reverts to the desktop.

By maximised I mean full screen 80x25 lines.
Target machines are Win 98.

I have done FindWindow, ShowWindow and followed all
examples I can find and they work perfectly for
real 'windows' but not console windows.

Does anybody have a work around for this ?

Thanks,
Steve.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

I can find and they work perfectly for
real 'windows' but not console windows

What are 'console windows'?

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
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[Mike Lewis]

Also, what do you mean by "reverts to the desktop".

You mentioned 80 x 25 screens. We don't have these in Windows.

If you could explain exactly what you are trying to achieve, I'm sure someone can help.

Mike



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[alvechurchdata]

Reading between the lines you are running a Dos application written in 2.6 but you are calling a VFP 6 executable to show some reports.

Does your shortcut call FoxDOS directly or by way of cmd?

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[ezopaci]

You can try this. It functions even for dos windows.

procedure WindowRestore
***************************************
lparameters pnHWND, plZoomed
BringWindowToTop(pnHWND) SetForegroundWindow(pnHWND)
ShowWindow(pnHWND, iif(plZoomed, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED, SW_RESTORE))
return


Tomas

 

[Stella740pl]

I suppose you need to switch you DOS Prompt window from Windows mode to DOS mode.
Try Left Alt + Enter to switch between the modes when you need.

Generally, you could also set the properties to always run you app in DOS mode, but I don't think this would be possible in your case, as you constantly switch between Windows and DOS modes.

 

[norseal]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I will try to be as
explicit as possible. At the start of the day we

START A BATCH FILE THAT WILL (FULL SCREEN)
START A 2.6 DOS PROGRAM (STILL FULL SCREEN)
WE THEN "RUN INVPRN.EXE" OUR VER6 PRINT PROGRAM.
OUR 2.6 WILL THEN MINIMIZE TO THE TASKBAR (BY ITSELF)

OUR 2.6 PROG DOES NOT CEASE, IT JUST
WAITS FOR THE NEXT INVOICE.

WHEN I TRY faq184-4262 THE DOS CONSOLE WINDOW
ON THE TASK BAR WILL BECOME DEPRESSED BUT
NOT ACTIVE.

I really would like to move into the Visual world
and rid myself of the PCL forever. I know I
could just ALT+TAB to get back to the 2.6
window, but these computer as suppposed
to work for us.

Thanks in Advance,
Steve Smith.

 

[ezopaci]

If you have HWND of dos window, you can use my example what I writed here before. If you does not have hwnd, you can use utility from

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

Command 'NIRCMD win activate title "YourDosWindowTitle"' will help you.
On NT/2000/XP system you can set window title by command TITLE in BAT file.

Tomas

 

[norseal]

Dear Tomas,

We thank you for your suggestion of NIRCMD. It is an
excellent little program and was exactly what we
were looking for.

My best regards,
Steve.