Need help determining which C++ implementation to use...(learn)

[Noob1337]

Hello guys i've studied c++ for some while now, I wouldn't say I put 100% effort in but I'm atleast intermediate. Before that I was doing some work in visual basic and loved in really due to the simple gui development. I downloaded Visual C++ 2010 and wanted to know, what exactly do I have to learn to make applications with easy GUI creation, such as the windows form application. In the dialogue box for selecting the project type there is:
Class Library
CLR Console Application
CLR Empty Project
Empty Project
Makefile Project
win32 Console Application
Win32 project
Windows forms application

I did research on this and I read about stuff like Visual c++ CLI, Visual C#, or w/e. Would Ivor Horton's beginning visual c++ 2010 be the right way as to what I want to achieve? Thank you.
Also any other good visual c++ books beside IVor Hortons? PReferably ones that has quizzes/exercises

[Pravesh Koirala]

If you want to create a Windows form application, then you should choose Windows form application.
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Ivor Horton's seems fine to me. Also, if you are already familier with the C++ language, you are probably only gonna need .NET stuffs. The MSDN library is also pretty useful you know. Best of Luck!

[Noob1337]

Does IVor Horton's book focus on windows form applications? Like visual basic?

[Stewbond]

Another IDE which makes GUI design really easy is Qt. That is worth checking out if you are interested in easy Gui creators.