C# full screen console?

Question

I have seen that Windows can switch to the very basic console interface when updating the video drivers and I have also seen programs like Borland C++ doing this.
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Answer 1

Perhaps my implementation here may help. Note that this will not work on windows systems lacking text-mode driver support.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic; //for dictionary
using System.Runtime.InteropServices; //for P/Invoke DLLImport

class App
{

        /// 

        /// Contains native methods imported as unmanaged code.
        /// 
        internal static class DllImports
        {
            [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
            public struct COORD
            {

                public short X;
                public short Y;
                public COORD(short x, short y) { 
                    this.X = x;
                    this.Y = y;
                }

            }
            [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
            public static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int handle);
            [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
            public static extern bool SetConsoleDisplayMode(
                IntPtr ConsoleOutput
                ,uint Flags
                ,out COORD NewScreenBufferDimensions
                );
        }
        /// Main App's Entry point
        public static void Main (string[] args)
        {
            IntPtr hConsole = DllImports.GetStdHandle(-11);   // get console handle
            DllImports.COORD xy = new DllImports.COORD(100,100);
            DllImports.SetConsoleDisplayMode(hConsole, 1, out xy); // set the console to fullscreen
            //SetConsoleDisplayMode(hConsole, 2);   // set the console to windowed

        }
}