[dargueta]

No, you're catching up with everyone else by switching to .NET.

Drawing on forms is kinda involved for a novice C++ programmer, even using MFC. I strongly suggest you stay away from Win32 (i.e. GUI) programming for a bit until you've got the basics down. Start with console programs first, then work your way up. To draw on a form, you need all these fun things like handles, brushes, device contexts, etc. which Visual Basic conveniently hides from you.

As for your rc.exe (Resource Compiler), you could put your code in a new project; sometimes the project files get messed up and you can't really reset them too well. If that doesn't work, post your resource file (usually called something like projectname.rc or resource.rc) as well as the header file for it (usually resource.h). There might be some syntax violation or perhaps a file missing that rc.exe is looking for. Is there any more text in the error message, or is that it?