a simple VC++ scrolling display

[C++ Programming]

I want to begin to learn how to do visual gui programs in VC++. I am good with c/c++. To get myself starting I would like to write an app that simply receives messsages over a tcp connection and displays them to a scrolling ******** The window should automatically scroll down as new messages are added. But the user should have the ability to scroll back as well.
Any suggestions on how to approach this? Also, as a follow on project I'll want to display data in row/column format and be able to update cells as changes are received over a tcp connection.
Thanks