console buffer size

[mdp]

I try to change a console buffer (read: the max width of text, indipendent from the window size)

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OpenConsole() : stdout.l=GetStdHandle_(#STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)  
sz.COORD : sz\x=120 : sz\y=200

;sbi.console_screen_buffer_info : getconsolescreenbufferinfo_(stdout,sbi) 

ok=setconsolescreenbuffersize_(stdout,@sz)
PrintN( Str(ok) )
PrintN( Str( getlasterror_() ) )
Delay(3000)

but I get error 87 (invalid parameter).
Anybody can see why?

[Fred]

You need to pass a COORD structure, not an adress to a COORD struct. Basically here it's only a long:

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OpenConsole() : stdout.l=GetStdHandle_(#STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE) 
sz.COORD : sz\x=120 : sz\y=200

;sbi.console_screen_buffer_info : getconsolescreenbufferinfo_(stdout,sbi)

ok=SetConsoleScreenBufferSize_(stdout,120 | (200 << 16))
PrintN( Str(ok) )
PrintN( Str( GetLastError_() ) )
Delay(3000)

[mdp]

Thanks!