Main Window editing in C++/VS 2003 .NET

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KASpencer - 31 May 2004 16:26 GMT

How do we edit the Main Window of a Visual Studio C++ application **graphically** - i.e. without having to put code into the .cpp file directly.

We cannot find a way to show the contents of the Main Window and therefore cannot add buttons or edit boxes et cetera without resorting to code - which defeats the object of having a visual interface anyway! The other dialogues are accessible

Hoping for a positive answer - don't say Microsoft didnt realise we'd need to do it eh

Kenneth Spencer

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Peter van der Goes - 01 Jun 2004 00:49 GMT

> How do we edit the Main Window of a Visual Studio C++ application **graphically** - i.e. without having to put code into the .cpp file

directly.

> We cannot find a way to show the contents of the Main Window and therefore cannot add buttons or edit boxes et cetera without resorting to code - which

defeats the object of having a visual interface anyway! The other dialogues
are accessible.

> Hoping for a positive answer - don't say Microsoft didnt realise we'd need to do it eh ?
>
> Kenneth Spencer

If what you are looking for is a VB-like experience, try the C++ Windows
Forms Application (.NET) template.
The other option that provides for "visual editing" is the C++ MFC
Application template, but using that requires that you have at least a basic
understanding of MFC and the various IDE wizards that support it.
Which template are you trying to use?

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