newbie to rich edit, cant get it to work

as a newbie to the rich edit control, i want to create a simple rich edit for my chat program. The rich edit control will contain text that other people send.
now the problem is how do i start?
1. i use VC6++ to create a rich edit control using resource editor
2. read on MSDN to do "LoadLibrary("riched20.dll ") ;"

but the dialog doesnt even show up when i added the rich text control in. any idea how to start using rich edit?

btw using visual
- c++6.0
- win98
- used to API style of working

Code:

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
	LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
	WNDCLASSEX wc;
	HWND hwnd;
	MSG Msg;

	wc.cbSize		 = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
//and so on.... the styles dont matter coz i am making an invisible window that doesnt show up
	


	LoadLibrary("riched20.dll ") ; // I loaded library but no the dialog doesnt show up when rich edit control is added into the dialog resource

	hwnd = CreateWindowEx(
		 0,
		"myWindowClass",
		"The title of my window",
		WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
		CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 240, 120,
		NULL , NULL, hInstance, NULL);
	


	if(hwnd == NULL)
	{
		MessageBox(NULL, "Window Creation Failed!", "Error!",
			MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
		return 0;
	}




	while(GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
	{
			TranslateMessage(&Msg);
			DispatchMessage(&Msg);
	}
	return Msg.wParam;
}

try testing that the rich edit version (ie 2.0) exists and was loaded. Your OS and complier version determine the DLL you have to load.

HINSTANCE hRE_DLL = LoadLibrary("riched20.dll ") ;//try and load the latest version of the Rich Edit DLL (sould be inc. in Win98)
if(hRE_DLL == NULL)//if this fails try for the old version
hRE_DLL = LoadLibrary("riched32.dll);
if(hRE_DLL == NULL)//if both fail handle error
//display error and exit

ensure the edit is visible ie has WS_VISIBLE and check what happens on creation in the WM_INITDIALOG/WM_CREATE msg.