Whats wrong w/this bitmap ctrl?

k, so i have some code here and it looks just fine to me. but for some reason, i cannot get this control to display my bitmap. here's the entirety of my WM_CREATE case..

Code:

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case WM_CREATE:
{
    int i = 0, x = 1000, rnd = 0;
    HINSTANCE hInst = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
           
    for (i = 0; i < 13; i++)
    {
          spades[i] = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(x), IMAGE_BITMAP, 179, 262, LR_SHARED);
          ++x;
    }
    back = (HBITMAP)LoadImage(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(ID_BACK), IMAGE_BITMAP, 179, 262, LR_SHARED);
           
    CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, TEXT("STATIC"), TEXT(""), WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | SS_BITMAP | SS_CENTERIMAGE,
      15, 10, 179, 262, hwnd, (HMENU)ID_DEALER1, hInst, 0);
    CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, TEXT("STATIC"), TEXT(""), WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | SS_BITMAP | SS_CENTERIMAGE,
      104, 112, 179, 262, hwnd, (HMENU)ID_DEALER2, hInst, 0);
             
    mrsn_seed( (unsigned)time(NULL) );
    rnd = mrsn_rand() % 13;
    SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hwnd, ID_DEALER1), STM_SETIMAGE, IMAGE_BITMAP, (LPARAM)back);
    SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hwnd, ID_DEALER2), STM_SETIMAGE, IMAGE_BITMAP, (LPARAM)spades[rnd]);
}
break;

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am i doing something wrong? the compiler gives no errors. thanks

wow i'm dumb.
in my resource file, i had:
ID_BACK IMAGE_BITMAP DISCARDABLE "back.bmp"
---------^^^^^ DOH!