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Windows Form Application and Windows Form Control Library project wizard templates for VC++ no longer exist in Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013

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Symptoms

The follow project wizards no longer exist in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 as Microsoft Visual C++ templates: 
  • Windows Form Application
  • Windows Form Control Library

Therefore, you can’t create new projects based on Visual C++ templates for Windows Form Application and Windows Form Control Library in Visual C++/CLI (Common Language Infrastructure).

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Cause

Windows Form Application and Windows Form Control Library wizards in C++/CLI have been removed from Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013.
We recommend that you do not create Windows Forms applications in C++/CLI and instead use C++/CLI for interoperability only.

Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 will still support existing Windows Form Application and Windows Form Control Library in C++/CLI UI applications that were made previously by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2012.

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Status

This behavior is by design and is a recent change in Visual Studio 2012 that is continued in Visual Studio 2013.  

For more information about breaking changes in Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2012, go to the following MSDN website: 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb531344(v=vs.110).aspx

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Article Info
Article ID : 3001686
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 9/29/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 405