Visual Studio 2017 - can't find Visual C++ Windows Forms

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Ch3shire picture Ch3shire · Jun 26, 2017 · Viewed 22.6k times · Source

So, I'm in awkward situation - I wanted to create Windows Form App using Visual Studio, but I can't find any place to create Visual C++ Windows Form template. I tried even to reinstall Visual C++, add other libraries and search answer online - no results.

I can of course create new Winforms in C#:

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But not in C++:

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Also, all possible modules in Visual Studio Update was checked:

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I tried even add template from Online list:

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What should I do next? I use Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition.

Answer

Ch3shire picture Ch3shire · Jun 27, 2017

Ok, I found a working way to creating Windows Forms in Visual Studio 2017.

  1. Create new CLR Empty Project:

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  1. Add .cpp file for main function.

  2. In project add new item from UI->Windows Forms:

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(If we didn't add main loop before the error will occur)

  1. Now we can add new elements to form from the Toolbox to the left (i spent measurable time looking for that).

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  1. To run application we have to declare this instead of main function:

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Also we need to tell Visual Studio that we are making Windows Application instead of Console Application:

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