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The next step is to declare a class that represents the form for the application. Select Project, Add Class from the main menu. In the list of available templates in the dialog that is displayed, select the Generic C++ Class template and click the Open button. Name the class CHelloNETForm and specify the base class Form, the .NET Framework’s class found in the System::Windows::Forms namespace, which provides the Windows Form functionality. You may get an error message explaining that Visual Studio .NET cannot find the Form base class. Click Yes to continue adding the class. Performing the previous steps sets up a new file and skeleton code for your class. The next steps will transform your generic class into a managed C++ .NET class.

Click the Class View tab next to the Solution Explorer tab on the right side of the IDE window. Expand the project tree and locate the Classes item and expand that also. You should now see your CHelloNETForm class. Right-click the class and select Add, Add Variable from the context menu. You will now be presented with the Add Variable dialog. Set the access to protected, the variable type to Button*, and the variable name to m_pbtnMessage. Then click Finish. Add another Button* variable named m_pbtnDone and a Label* variable named m_pstMessage.

The variables you just added are .NET Framework classes within the Forms namespace. Controls, however, need to have a container object to hold them. Add another variable of type System::ComponentModel::Container* with the name m_pComponents and the same protected access level.

Taken From: SAMS-Tech Yourself MS Visual C++.NET in 24 Hours

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