I'm looking for a way to change the CMD window properties of the screen
buffer size height and width via a script (and save properties for future
windows with the same title).

thanx,
john

Your script needs to set the values in this key;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console

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"John Martin" wrote:
| I'm looking for a way to change the CMD window properties of the screen
| buffer size height and width via a script (and save properties for future
| windows with the same title).
|
| thanx,
| john
|
|

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:50:20 -0600, "Dave Patrick"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Your script needs to set the values in this key;
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console

Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't understand how the Hex
values worked for ScreenBufferSize and WindowSize.

Sure, we could set what we wanted in one prompt then query, and record
the value for future scripts, but how does one calculate the values to
put in those registry settings?

Clay Calvert
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Replace "W" with "L"

Divide it into two 16 bit numbers. One is height and one is width. Use Calc to converrt.
EG
012c0050

is
012c x 0050 hex
300 x 80 decimal

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"Clay Calvert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:50:20 -0600, "Dave Patrick"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Your script needs to set the values in this key;
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't understand how the Hex
> values worked for ScreenBufferSize and WindowSize.
>
> Sure, we could set what we wanted in one prompt then query, and record
> the value for future scripts, but how does one calculate the values to
> put in those registry settings?
>
> Clay Calvert
> (E-Mail Removed)
> Replace "W" with "L"

This is a standard MS trick, two 16 bit numbers as one 32 bit.

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"David Candy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Divide it into two 16 bit numbers. One is height and one is width. Use Calc to converrt.
EG
012c0050

is
012c x 0050 hex
300 x 80 decimal

--
----------------------------------------------------------
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...392635123.html

"Clay Calvert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:50:20 -0600, "Dave Patrick"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Your script needs to set the values in this key;
> >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't understand how the Hex
> values worked for ScreenBufferSize and WindowSize.
>
> Sure, we could set what we wanted in one prompt then query, and record
> the value for future scripts, but how does one calculate the values to
> put in those registry settings?
>
> Clay Calvert
> (E-Mail Removed)
> Replace "W" with "L"

I didn't know that. Thanks Dave.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"David Candy" wrote:
Divide it into two 16 bit numbers. One is height and one is width. Use Calc
to converrt.
EG
012c0050

is
012c x 0050 hex
300 x 80 decimal

--
----------------------------------------------------------
'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...392635123.html

Clay Calvert wrote:

>On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:50:20 -0600, "Dave Patrick"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Your script needs to set the values in this key;
>>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console
>
>Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't understand how the Hex
>values worked for ScreenBufferSize and WindowSize.
>
>Sure, we could set what we wanted in one prompt then query, and record
>the value for future scripts, but how does one calculate the values to
>put in those registry settings?
>

Hello Clay and John,
you might find the following batch useful, returning this on my w2k:
==screen=copy==========================================================
C:\test>ConsoleSizes.cmd
Window_X*Y_|_Buffer_X*Y_|_App-key_____________________________
80*25 | 80*300 | HKCU\console
80*50 | 0*0 | HKCU\console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe
120*60 | 120*60 | HKCU\console\cmd.exe
80*25 | 80*300 | HKCU\console\Far.exe
80*25 | 80*300 | HKCU\console\Settime from Mars
==screen=copy==========================================================

Where the last entry is the name of a shortcut on my desktop, so these
values are stored in sub keys of HKCU\Console (may be in parallel to the
..lnk file)

::ConsoleSizes.cmd::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
@echo off
setlocal
echo Window_X*Y_^|_Buffer_X*Y_^|_App-key_____________________________
for /F "tokens=1-2,*" %%A in (
'reg query hkcu\console /s^|findstr "\ ScreenBufferS WindowS"') do (
if "%%B" NEQ "REG_DWORD" (set "HKCUCon=%%A %%B %%C"&set "SBS="&SET "WS=")
if "%%A" EQU "ScreenBufferSize" set "SBS=%%C"
if "%%A" EQU "WindowSize" set "WS=%%C" & call :display)
goto :eof
:display
set /A "WSW=WS&0xffff, WSH=WS>>16"
set "WSW= %WSW%"&set "WSH=%WSH% "
set /A "SBW=SBS&0xffff, SBH=SBS>>16"
set "SBW= %SBW%"&set "SBH=%SBH% "
set "HKCUCon=%HKCUCon:HKEY_CURRENT_USER=HKCU%"
echo/%WSW:~-5%*%WSH:~,5%^|%SBW:~-5%*%SBH:~,5% ^| %HKCUCon%
::ConsoleSizes.cmd::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

HTH
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Greetings
Matthias________________________________________
For help on nt commands enter in a cmd window:
W2K>HH windows.chm::ntcmds.htm XP>HH ntcmds.chm

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:13:48 +0200, "Matthias Tacke"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

Thank you very much.

>::ConsoleSizes.cmd::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>@echo off
>setlocal
>echo Window_X*Y_^|_Buffer_X*Y_^|_App-key_____________________________
>for /F "tokens=1-2,*" %%A in (
>'reg query hkcu\console /s^|findstr "\ ScreenBufferS WindowS"') do (
>if "%%B" NEQ "REG_DWORD" (set "HKCUCon=%%A %%B %%C"&set "SBS="&SET "WS=")
>if "%%A" EQU "ScreenBufferSize" set "SBS=%%C"
>if "%%A" EQU "WindowSize" set "WS=%%C" & call :display)
>goto :eof
>:display
>set /A "WSW=WS&0xffff, WSH=WS>>16"
>set "WSW= %WSW%"&set "WSH=%WSH% "
>set /A "SBW=SBS&0xffff, SBH=SBS>>16"
>set "SBW= %SBW%"&set "SBH=%SBH% "
>set "HKCUCon=%HKCUCon:HKEY_CURRENT_USER=HKCU%"
>echo/%WSW:~-5%*%WSH:~,5%^|%SBW:~-5%*%SBH:~,5% ^| %HKCUCon%
>::ConsoleSizes.cmd::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Clay Calvert
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Replace "W" with "L"

thanks, for all the great info!

-john

"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:uR$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I didn't know that. Thanks Dave.
>
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> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "David Candy" wrote:
> Divide it into two 16 bit numbers. One is height and one is width. Use
Calc
> to converrt.
> EG
> 012c0050
>
> is
> 012c x 0050 hex
> 300 x 80 decimal
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...392635123.html
>
>