Visual C++ 2005 Feature Question

[Radagan]

Will Visual C++ 2005 really be Visual? In other words, will I be able
to create Windows Forms using the GUI builder like I do with VB and
C#. Will it be a full citizen in the .Net world?

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Will Visual C++ 2005 really be Visual? In other words, will I be able
to create Windows Forms using the GUI builder like I do with VB and
C#. Will it be a full citizen in the .Net world?

You can create Windows Forms applications in C++ with VC++ 2003.

Yes, you'll be able to do that with VC++ 2005 as well. C++ will be a full
citizen in the .NET world - fuller in some ways than C# or VB (VC++ can
support some CLI facilities that the other languages can't), less full in
other ways - C++ won't be supported as a code-behind language for ASP.NET,
although you'll be able to use a C++ assembly from an ASP.NET application.

-cd

 

[Peter van der Goes]

Will Visual C++ 2005 really be Visual? In other words, will I be able
to create Windows Forms using the GUI builder like I do with VB and
C#. Will it be a full citizen in the .Net world?

Um, you can already do that in Visual Studio ,.NET 2003 by using the Windows
Forms Application (.NET) template.
I'm not personally aware of any extension of these capabilities in VS 2005,
but you might try looking here:

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/

or, asking here:

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=whidbey&slcid=us

 

[Ioannis Vranos]

Will Visual C++ 2005 really be Visual? In other words, will I be able
to create Windows Forms using the GUI builder like I do with VB and
C#. Will it be a full citizen in the .Net world?

Since 2003, VC++ has the same RAD as VC# and VB (drag 'n drop of Buttons
etc).