One of the strengths of the WFC component model is that the Visual J++ development environment provides most of the components, forms, menus, and dialog boxes that you typically need. These components can either be extended for your own needs or you canauthor your own controls. Because Visual J++ provides controls typically used in the Win32 environment, youÆll feel at home with the visual components available from the Visual J++ design environment.
Because the Visual J++ development environment is tightly integrated with the WFC classes, most of what you need to know to get started using controls, forms, and menus can be found in the section of the documentation on using Visual J++. For help using Visual J++ to create the visual components of your application, see the following topics: