Windows Forms App in VC++ .NET

[hellhammer]

I've just started to program Windows Forms apps in VC++ .NET.

I have prior experience in developing WinForms apps in C# .NET, and the confusion that leads to my question is rooted in the jump from C# to C++.

In C#, when I add a button to the form and create an event handler function this function is visible in my code file.

However, in VC++, the designer is the ".h" file and the InitializeComponent function is also in the ".h" file.

The event handler function is also added in the ".h" file.

My questions are the following:

1. What code is added in the project's ".cpp" file? By that, I mean to ask, what part of my program should be coded in the .cpp file?

2. How do I access the components, say btn1, btn2 etc from the .cpp file?

[lloydy]

You don't need to put the code in the cpp file. Put it in the .h file. I know this is a bit of a jump from C++, but it is how it is done in VC++.Net. The only code in your cpp file is the include statements for the stdafx and .h file.

I find it easier with the code in the .h file. No more disconnects between definitions and declarations.

[hellhammer]

Thanks for the reply, Lloyd!

Can I just go ahead and initialize all my non-Form related variables and also write the rest of the program logic in the .h file itself?

Are there any inherent project management / build tree disadvantages to placing the code in the .h file?