Windows Form Application question

[TechStudent]

I am currently working on a project for school that needs to start a Windows Forms Application under the Visual C++ category. Unfortunately, this template (Windows Forms Application) has not existed in C++ for 3 years. Microsoft took it out in the 2012 release of Visual Studio. Is there a workaround for this?


Can I just use the WIN32 Console Application instead? Thank you!

[onContentStop]

There is a workaround, with several steps:
1. Make a "CLR Empty Project".
2. Press Ctrl-Shift-A and create a Windows Form (under UI).
4. Inside the CPP file that is created, paste this code, replacing anything in square brackets except "[STAThread]" with the appropriate names:

#include "[FORM NAME].h"

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

[STAThread]//leave this as is
void main(array<String^>^ args) {
	Application::EnableVisualStyles();
	Application::SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
	[PROJECT NAME]::[FORM NAME] form;
	Application::Run(%form);
}

5. Right click your project in the Solution Explorer and click Properties.
6. Under Configuration Properties > Linker > Advanced, change Entry Point to "main" (without quotation marks).
7. Under Configuration Properties > Linker > System, change SubSystem to "Windows (/SUBSYSTEM/WINDOWS)".

This should work for you, but tell me if it doesn't.

[TechStudent]

Thank you so much!