MFC dialog window does not appear

2
votes

I am just learning to create MFC applications in visual studio 2017. I have made a new default project of MFC dialog based application. After completing the steps of MFC application wizard, visual studio shows up to this:

State.

At this point I have not changed any of the code or settings.

Now how do I get the dialog window as shown in:

here

I have tried rebuilding the solution, but it does not work.

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c++visual-c++mfcvisual-studio-2017
I guess you should select it in Solution explorer window. – user7860670
"I am just learning to create MFC applications" - do you have any specific reason for doing this? Otherwise I would suggest not - MFC is really dead technology. – user2100815
@NeilButterworth I am trying to create a GUI for a c++ app, and I searched a bit and found it. What are some better options? – Dost Arora
Not using C++ to create GUI apps, or using better frameworks than MFC, such as Qt. – user2100815
@NeilButterworth I am using c++ because its a part of a project. I need to create a dictionary that performs word prediction, neighbor search, and displays meaning. – Dost Arora

1 Answers

6
votes

I am not sure if I am answering correctly.

  • Click on the View menu.

  • Then click on Other Views.

  • Now click Resource View

Resource View

Or press Ctrl + Shift + E

Now you have the Resource View:

Resource View Tab

If you click that you see all resources:

Resource Editor

That is how you get to your dialogues.

If you have created a secondary dialog and you want that to start instead of the default, then look at my answer here about using InitInstance.