Failure of the Graphics Package in MS Visual Studioo 2012

Question

Am I the only person in the Visual Studio world who cannot get the graphics package in VS 2012 to work?  I am a 'gamer' and I need lots of 'frames' that contain lots of 'labels' or equivalent (boxes that can display text).  My graphics package won't allow me to put a 'label' on top of a frame.