Assertion failure while creating window

I get a Debug Assertion Failure with the standard "Abort, Retry, Ignore" options as soon as I run my program. The problem is reported on line 301 of winocc.cpp.

Code:

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class CMyApp : public CWinApp {
        public:
                BOOL InitInstance() {

                        m_pMainWnd = new CMainWin; // see note below - this is the failure
                        m_pMainWnd->ShowWindow( m_nCmdShow );
                        m_pMainWnd->UpdateWindow();
                        return TRUE;

                }
} MyApp;

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Using debugger, I found that the m_pMainWnd->ShowWindow() call is where the ASSERT is that is failing - it seems as though the window is not valid. This is the CMainWin constructor:

Code:

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CMainWin::CMainWin() {

        Create( NULL, "CanOutData", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
                CRect( 0,0,300,100 ), NULL, "IDR_MAINMENU" );

}

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With that segment "as is," it fails. If I remove the last parameter (the menu name), it works (but I get no menu, which is rather important). The appropriate lines from the resource file:

Code:

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IDR_MAINMENU MENU
BEGIN
    POPUP "&File"
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "&New...",                    ID_FILE_NEW
        MENUITEM SEPARATOR
        MENUITEM "E&xit",                      ID_FILE_EXIT
    END
    POPUP "&Help", HELP
    BEGIN
        MENUITEM "A&bout...",                  ID_HELP_ABOUT
    END
END

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That's it. I've tried to post all the relevant code. Based on some web searching I did, it seemed as though the menu name was wrong, but it doesn't appear so. Can anybody provide any other suggestions on what might be causing the problem? TIA

Edit: forgot to mention that CMainWin is my own class publicly derived from CFrameWnd.