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really maximizing a cmd window.
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micky
2014-12-08 09:11:58 UTC
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I'm running XP-SP3, and have both cmd.exe and TCC-LE.exe

When I run a bat file, it opens a littel cmd window, and if I click on
the maximize button in the upper right corner, it gets taller, from the
top of the screen to the bottom, but no wider. It's about 55% of the
width of the screen, but I'd like it to be 100%.

Is there a way to make it do that?


(I think it used to work that way in 98SE, and maybe even XP, for both
programs.)
foxidrive
2014-12-08 09:57:53 UTC
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Post by micky
I'm running XP-SP3, and have both cmd.exe and TCC-LE.exe
When I run a bat file, it opens a littel cmd window, and if I click on
the maximize button in the upper right corner, it gets taller, from the
top of the screen to the bottom, but no wider. It's about 55% of the
width of the screen, but I'd like it to be 100%.
Is there a way to make it do that?
In XP and earlier, Alt Enter make the cmd screen go full screen, and back to windowed
- there are caveats but give it a shot,
pyotr filipivich
2014-12-08 11:14:14 UTC
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Post by foxidrive
Post by micky
I'm running XP-SP3, and have both cmd.exe and TCC-LE.exe
When I run a bat file, it opens a littel cmd window, and if I click on
the maximize button in the upper right corner, it gets taller, from the
top of the screen to the bottom, but no wider. It's about 55% of the
width of the screen, but I'd like it to be 100%.
Is there a way to make it do that?
In XP and earlier, Alt Enter make the cmd screen go full screen, and back to windowed
- there are caveats but give it a shot,
Ooh, I never tried that. But it doesn't work in Win7 - I just
tried that. Nerts.
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The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
-- George Bancroft
foxidrive
2014-12-08 11:22:15 UTC
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Post by pyotr filipivich
Ooh, I never tried that. But it doesn't work in Win7 - I just
tried that. Nerts.
This is about as good as you will get in Vista and later.


@Echo Off
::Fullscreen - carlos at dostips.com - fs.exe V0.5 /hmc will hide the mouse cursor.
Call :fs
fs.exe
Pause
Goto :Eof

:fs
Rem Script made using BHX { code.google.com/p/bhx }
SetLocal EnableExtensions
For %%# In ("fs.ex_") Do Set "bin=%%~f#"
For %%# In ("fs.exe") Do Set "exp=%%~f#"
Del /A /F "%bin%" "%bin%.da" "%exp%" >Nul 2>&1
For %%# In (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) Do >>"%bin%.da" (Echo For b=1 To Len^("%%#"^) Step 2
Echo WScript.StdOut.Write Chr^(CByte^("&H"^&Mid^("%%#",b,2^)^)^)
Echo Next)
Cscript.exe /B /E:vbs "%bin%.da" >"%bin%"
Expand.exe "%bin%" "%exp%" >Nul 2>&1
Del /A /F "%bin%" "%bin%.da" >Nul 2>&1
Goto :Eof
micky
2014-12-09 04:00:41 UTC
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Post by foxidrive
Post by foxidrive
Post by foxidrive
In XP and earlier, Alt Enter make the cmd screen go full screen, and back to windowed
- there are caveats but give it a shot,
It worked. Great. Thanks a lot.
Post by foxidrive
Post by foxidrive
Ooh, I never tried that. But it doesn't work in Win7 - I just
tried that. Nerts.
This is about as good as you will get in Vista and later.
WRT what follows: I thought I remembered how to do it. Exactly what
you have here.. How could I possibly forget that?

JK
Post by foxidrive
@Echo Off
::Fullscreen - carlos at dostips.com - fs.exe V0.5 /hmc will hide the mouse cursor.
Call :fs
fs.exe
Pause
Goto :Eof
:fs
Rem Script made using BHX { code.google.com/p/bhx }
SetLocal EnableExtensions
For %%# In ("fs.ex_") Do Set "bin=%%~f#"
For %%# In ("fs.exe") Do Set "exp=%%~f#"
Del /A /F "%bin%" "%bin%.da" "%exp%" >Nul 2>&1
For %%# In (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) Do >>"%bin%.da" (Echo For b=1 To Len^("%%#"^) Step 2
Echo WScript.StdOut.Write Chr^(CByte^("&H"^&Mid^("%%#",b,2^)^)^)
Echo Next)
Cscript.exe /B /E:vbs "%bin%.da" >"%bin%"
Expand.exe "%bin%" "%exp%" >Nul 2>&1
Del /A /F "%bin%" "%bin%.da" >Nul 2>&1
Goto :Eof
Anton Shepelev
2014-12-09 13:24:31 UTC
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Post by foxidrive
Post by pyotr filipivich
Post by foxidrive
In XP and earlier, Alt Enter make the cmd screen go
full screen
Ooh, I never tried that. But it doesn't work in
Win7 -- I just tried that. Nerts.
This is about as good as you will get in Vista and later.
XP is the last Windows with support for native hardware
textmode.
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ElChino
2015-02-05 21:21:54 UTC
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Post by foxidrive
@Echo Off
::Fullscreen - carlos at dostips.com - fs.exe V0.5 /hmc will hide the mouse cursor.
Call :fs
Is that supposed to work in 4NT 5? Here is what I get:

c:\BAT\fullscreen.bat
4NT: C:\BAT\fullscreen.bat [49] Unbalanced parentheses "(Echo For b=1 To
Len^("4D5343460000000011040000000000002C0000000000000003
01010001000000"^) Step 2 "
4NT: C:\BAT\fullscreen.bat [50] Unbalanced parentheses "(Echo For b=1 To Len^("&"^) Step 2 "
4NT: C:\BAT\fullscreen.bat [51] Unbalanced parentheses "(Echo For b=1 To
Len^("000000004300000001000100000A0000000000000000924311
14200066732E65"^) Step 2 "

etc. etc.
foxidrive
2015-02-05 21:59:44 UTC
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Post by ElChino
Post by foxidrive
@Echo Off
::Fullscreen - carlos at dostips.com - fs.exe V0.5 /hmc will hide the mouse cursor.
Call :fs
Is that supposed to work in 4NT 5?
No. The OP included the 4dos group which I don't monitor, and I didn't notice that it was crossposted.
pyotr filipivich
2014-12-08 11:12:30 UTC
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Post by micky
I'm running XP-SP3, and have both cmd.exe and TCC-LE.exe
When I run a bat file, it opens a littel cmd window, and if I click on
the maximize button in the upper right corner, it gets taller, from the
top of the screen to the bottom, but no wider. It's about 55% of the
width of the screen, but I'd like it to be 100%.
You may have to change the properties of the window.

Right click on the title bar, one option is Properties, click on
that.
the tab Layout will give you the option to change the Window Size
height and width.
Post by micky
Is there a way to make it do that?
(I think it used to work that way in 98SE, and maybe even XP, for both
programs.)
Not on XP - I made those discoveries back on the XP box.
--
pyotr filipivich
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
-- George Bancroft
micky
2014-12-09 04:04:34 UTC
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On Mon, 08 Dec 2014 03:12:30 -0800, pyotr filipivich
Post by pyotr filipivich
Post by micky
I'm running XP-SP3, and have both cmd.exe and TCC-LE.exe
When I run a bat file, it opens a littel cmd window, and if I click on
the maximize button in the upper right corner, it gets taller, from the
top of the screen to the bottom, but no wider. It's about 55% of the
width of the screen, but I'd like it to be 100%.
You may have to change the properties of the window.
Right click on the title bar, one option is Properties, click on
that.
the tab Layout will give you the option to change the Window Size
height and width.
This is good too. Thanks a lot.

I forgot to mention that I hanged the properties of the TCC icon to make
the window open maximized, but it made no difference.
Post by pyotr filipivich
Post by micky
Is there a way to make it do that?
(I think it used to work that way in 98SE, and maybe even XP, for both
programs.)
Not on XP - I made those discoveries back on the XP box.
--
pyotr filipivich
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
-- George Bancroft
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