It would appear that Putty is selective about which messages it responds to, as it has several modes in which it constrains the users atempts to size the window. You might try SetWindowPos, but I think you might be be out of luck in trying to automate this. If the application doesn't want to let you do it, it doesn't have to.

You could try using Win32::GuiTest and sending the appropriate sequence of messages to the frame window to adjust it size; ie. emulate the message sequence that would be generated when doing this manually. Something like BUTTON_1_DOWN on the lower right corner, MOUSE_MOVE to the required position, BUTTON_1_UP.

That's a guess. You'd need to use a message spy to log the manual process and then attempt to emulate it by using SendMessage(). This would probably work, but would be quite laborious to work out the right sequence.

As I said previously, I do not see any easy way of obtaining a handle to a console belonging to another process, and then persuading Win32::Console to use it.

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In reply to Re^3: ActivePerl - Console manipulation - Win32 by BrowserUk
in thread ActivePerl - Console manipulation - Win32 by Zarkon

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