1. For each page of the property sheet, add a dialog template to the application’s .rc file that defines the page’s controls. The caption statement is used to specify the title that will appear on the tab at the top of the page. The dialog templates for property sheet pages should not include OK and Cancel buttons as conventional dialog templates do, because the property sheet provides these buttons on its own.
2. For each page of the property sheet, derive a dialog-like class from CPropertyPage adding member variables for the page’s controls. ClassWizard will write the DoDataExchange() function which is needed to transfer data between the member variables and the controls and optionally to validate the user’s input.
3. Derive a class from CPropertySheet. In the property sheet class, instantiate property page objects for each of the property pages that we constructed in step 2. Use CPropertySheet::AddPage() to add the pages to the property sheet in the order in which we want them to appear.
4. In the application’s handler function that opens the property box, construct an object of our property sheet class. The first parameter (the caption of the property sheet) to the three parameter constructor; the last two parameters have default values. The constructor is overloaded and the first parameter can be a string or the ID of a string.

Like dialog boxes, the property sheet is opened with the call DoModal(). If you are transferring data to the property sheet’s member variables, you must do it before you make the call to DoModal(). If the property sheet is dismissed with the OK button, DoModal() will return IDOK. Otherwise, it will return IDCANCEL—just like a modal dialog box does. If you are transferring data from the property sheet’s member variables, you must do it before the end of the function in which you called the property sheet.