MFC dialog window does not appear

Question

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:

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

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

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

Answer 1

I am not sure if I am answering correctly.

• Click on the View menu.

• Then click on Other Views .

• Now click Resource View

Or press Ctrl + Shift + E

Now you have the Resource View :

If you click that you see all resources:

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 .