Create a forms application with Visual Studio without CLR/.NET

Question

I'm desperately trying to program a small chat program. But I'm not failing at the sockets / background logic as one might expect, but at the form containing the input and output text field!

Visual Studio offers a forms designer, however if I want to use it I have to use the CLR, .NET and precompiled headers apparently. It forces me to use it. I don't want that.

• How can I in the most simple way, without .NET, add a form to my C++ project?
• Are there any good tutorials you can recommend for me?

Even if I don't sound like it, I'm a relatively experienced programmer - I just can't stand precompiled headers, .NET and most other Microsoft stuff. It makes me nervous.

Answer 1

You can use MFC or good ol' Win32 API (not really good, just ol'), both of these completely bypass .NET Framework and CLR