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function Resize-Console {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Resize the PowerShell console programmatically.
.DESCRIPTION
This function lets you resize the PowerShell console window by setting
custom width and height properties, as well as maximize and restore the
console window.
.EXAMPLE
Resize-Console 200 50
.EXAMPLE
Resize-Console -Maximize
.EXAMPLE
Resize-Console -Restore
.EXAMPLE
if (Get-WindowState -eq 'Normal') {Resize-Console -Maximize}
.NOTES
Author: Øyvind Kallstad
Date: 11.10.2015
Version: 1.0
.LINK
https://communary.wordpress.com/
#>
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'CustomSize')]
param (
# Set the window width.
[Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'CustomSize', Position = 0)]
[ValidateRange(1,[int]::MaxValue)]
[int] $Width = $host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Width,
# Set the window height.
[Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'CustomSize', Position = 1)]
[ValidateRange(1,[int]::MaxValue)]
[int] $Height = $host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Height,
# Maximize the window.
[Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Maximize')]
[switch] $Maximize,
# Restore the window (if maximized).
[Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Restore')]
[switch] $Restore
)
if(($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Maximize') -or ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Restore')) {
$Win32ShowWindowAsync = Add-Type –memberDefinition @”
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool ShowWindowAsync(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
“@ -name 'Win32ShowWindowAsync' -namespace Win32Functions –passThru
# get main window handle of the current process
$MainWindowHandle = (Get-Process –id $pid).MainWindowHandle
if ($Maximize) {
$Win32ShowWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync($MainWindowHandle, 3) | Out-Null
}
if ($Restore) {
$Win32ShowWindowAsync::ShowWindowAsync($MainWindowHandle, 9) | Out-Null
}
}
else {
if ($host.Name -eq 'ConsoleHost') {
# buffer size can't be smaller than window size
if ($Width -gt $host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize.Width) {
$host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.Host.Size -ArgumentList ($Width, $host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize.Height)
}
# if width is too large, set to max allowed size
if ($Width -gt $host.UI.RawUI.MaxPhysicalWindowSize.Width) {
$Width = $host.UI.RawUI.MaxPhysicalWindowSize.Width
}
# if height is too large, set to max allowed size
if ($Height -gt $host.UI.RawUI.MaxPhysicalWindowSize.Height) {
$Height = $host.UI.RawUI.MaxPhysicalWindowSize.Height
}
# set window size
$host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.Host.Size -ArgumentList ($Width, $Height)
}
else {
Write-Warning 'Setting the console window size is only supported when running in the console host.'
}
}
}
function Get-ConsoleSize {
Write-Output ($host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize)
}
function Get-WindowState {
$Win32IsZoomed = Add-Type –memberDefinition @”
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool IsZoomed(IntPtr hWnd);
“@ -name 'Win32IsZoomed' -namespace Win32Functions –passThru
if ($Win32IsZoomed::IsZoomed(((Get-Process -id $pid).MainWindowHandle))) {
Write-Output 'Maximized'
}
else {
Write-Output 'Normal'
}
}
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