The designer could not be shown for this file because none of the classes within it can be designed

Question

We have the following shared component:

public class OurServiceBase : System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase

This class has functionality we wan

Answer 1

1. Go to Project>>Properties>>Linker>>System, in the field "SubSystem" you choose "Windows (/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS)", click Apply.

2. Go to Project>>Properties>>Linker>>Advanced, in the field "entry point", input value "Main" and Apply, finally click OK.

3. Go to file code of form you created(ex: MyForm.cpp) and input code bellow to this file:

using namespace System;

using namespace System::Windows::Forms;

[STAThreadAttribute]

void Main(array^ args)

{

Application::EnableVisualStyles(); Application::SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false); Project1::MyForm form; Application::Run(%form);

}

4. Save and rebuild.