Thanks dalek. I must have clicked the win32 console for project by accident. So close to my first own application. Someone pls give this newbie some hope.

--------------------Configuration: pane - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling resources...
Compiling...
pane.cpp
Linking...
pane.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl assertFailedOnLine(char const *,int)" (?assertFailedOnLine@@YAHPBDH@Z)
Debug/pane.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

pane.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)