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I have just started to learn C++, and I would like to learn how to make Windows Forms C++ applications.

Could anyone recommend some good ebooks?

I have a small converter program that I have made. It runs from the console, but I would like to make a nice GUI for it.

The form is quickly made in Visual Studio, but then I need to insert some code. This is were I got stuck.

I haven't been able to find any tutorial. Well found some, but they used C# or VB.NET.

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As jdehaan said, Windows Forms is a .NET component and is not pure C++, it is definitely different. If you need to decide which to use, the book Beginning Visual C++ 2008 was helpful for me, as it teaches C++/CLI and regular Windows C++ forms. I'm not sure how hard this would be to find online.

If you are serious about Windows Forms programming and do not need easy interoperability between native and managed code, I would definitely suggest you just go with learning C#. Visual C++ feels Frankenstein-ish to me, and support is definitely waning in the editor. The managed versions of the languages are so similar that if you are going to learn .NET, C# would be the better choice.

Nathan
Thanks for the answers (jdehaan and Nathan)I'll try to find the book you linked to.