After creating a Windows form, nothing happens

Question

Here's what I do.
These are my settings in VS installer.

Then i create a project

Then i add New Item

And select windows form

But after that, nothing is added and nothing happens, so what to do?

Answer 1

I noticed C++ tag, and the project type as CLR Empty project. In this case, you need to add the entry point to your code, for example, you can follow these steps:

1. Create an Empty CLR project (C++) (let's say Project1)
2. Add a new Item, and from CLR templates, choose Windows Form (let's say MyForm)
3. Open MyForm.cpp and add the following code as entry point to run the form. To do so, paste the following code in the file:

#include "MyForm.h"

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
[STAThread]

void main()
{
    Application::EnableVisualStyles();
    Application::SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
    Application::Run(gcnew Project1::MyForm);
}

Now you can press <kbd>F5</kbd> and see your form running.

Note: The approach is pretty similar if you use a CLR console application; then it will create the entry point in the ConsoleApplication1.cpp file, and you can modify the entry point like I above.

C++/CLI More information:

• Install C++/CLI support in Visual Studio
• How to: Create CLR Empty Projects

C# More information:

If you are working with C#, you may want to take a look at the following links:

• .NET (6, 7): Tutorial: Create a Windows Forms app with .NET.
• .NET Framework (4.X): Create a Windows Forms app in Visual Studio with C#

Answer 2

My decision was to install the Visual Studio 2019 version, in which everything works well