Visual C++ and GUI Design

Finally learned enough C++ that I'm comfortable using it most of the time, but if I want a GUI I've got a problem.

With Visual C# I grew accustomed to the form designer, and I see Visual C++ has something like that too, but it appears to only be available if I opt use the .NET/CLR/managed code/whatever you call it.  I don't want to use .NET anymore, I want to stick to "normal" stuff and compile _native code_

I learned enough Windows API calls to create a window and put some stuff on it, but creating entire applications like that seems ridiculous. I'd like to be able to see what it looks like *before* I compile it...

I know every native Windows app out didn't have its UI design done in code, typing in numbers and shit... So I know there must be a solution.  What is it?

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Enjoy your non-native-looking GUIs which don't take into advantage of natively built facilities the OS offers. GDI may be legacy, but it works and most of the time you don't need much more. A lot of people reinvent GDI for their custom GUIs and just end up with all kinds of subtle bugs, not unlike people that make "web GUIs" entirely in javascript and end up giving up support for things a browser provides for native pages.