creating a window

I''m afraid you''re going to need to look around first. There are absolutely hundreds of tutorials on creatings a simple window around. That''s the kind of question you''ll get flamed for, look first then ask!
Good luck,
Ben

The MFC documentation that comes with visual c++6 should show you how to make a window, actually, you dont'' even have to read the documentation. Just create a new project that uses MFC and compile. Run it an you have a pretty little window. As to Win32 Windows, that takes more time. Read up in Gamedev.net or get a book.

use CreateWindowEx(...) in WinMain

It''s in windows help.

Heh, Buster, there''s a little bit more you have to do than just make a call to CreateWindow()

Martin