Call vb .dll from C++

Hello all;

A little background - I am what you might call an intermediate programmer in vb, and a beginner in C++ (currently taking a college course). I looked at forms for C++ and found them to be either really difficult, or really foreign - perhaps a combination of the two. At any rate, I want to create a program (it has to be in C++), but use a vb form as the GUI, since I am much more familiar with it.

I assume that you can create a form, compile it as a .dll, and use it withing C++. I'm a little confused, however, with how to handle the form events.

The problem is that, with C++, I am accustomed to using a cout statement as a blocking call while waiting for operator response. Without it, C++ code simply runs to the end of the code and closes. If using a vb form as a GUI, how do I deal with this What does the C++ code do while it is waiting for a button to be pressed on the form. How do I respond (in the C++) code to a button pressed.

Please be gentle with your answer - remember that I am very new at C++.

Thank you,

Steve Jackson