why can't i get CreateWindowEx to work here?

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Win32

for you people who are good at win32, i'm having some difficulty getting a window to be created. here is my code:

NameListControl.h

#ifndef NAME_LIST_CONTROL_H
#define NAME_LIST_CONTROL_H

#include <Windows.h>

class NameListControl
{
public:
	NameListControl();
	void Init(HWND parent);
	void Create(HWND parent, int top, int left, int bottom, int right);
	LRESULT CALLBACK NameListProc(HWND hwnd, UINT Message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
	
private:
	HWND m_hwnd;
};

static LRESULT CALLBACK ControlProc(HWND hwnd, UINT Message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
static NameListControl * ControlHandle = 0;

#endif

NameListControl.cpp

#include "NameListControl.h"

NameListControl::NameListControl()
{
	m_hwnd = NULL;
}

void NameListControl::Init(HWND parent)
{
	WNDCLASSEX wc;

    ControlHandle = this;

    wc.cbSize         = sizeof(wc);
    wc.lpszClassName  = TEXT("NameListControl");
    wc.hInstance      = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
    wc.lpfnWndProc    = ControlProc;
    wc.hCursor        = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wc.hIcon          = 0;
    wc.lpszMenuName   = 0;
    wc.hbrBackground  = (HBRUSH)CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255,255,255));
    wc.style          = 0;
    wc.cbClsExtra     = 0;
    wc.cbWndExtra     = 0;
    wc.hIconSm        = 0;

    if (RegisterClassEx(&wc) == 0)
		MessageBox(parent, TEXT("couldn't register name list control"), TEXT("error"), MB_OK);
}

void NameListControl::Create(HWND parent, int top, int left, int bottom, int right)
{
	m_hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, TEXT("NameListControl"), TEXT(""), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD, left, top, right, bottom, parent, NULL, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL); 
	if(m_hwnd == NULL)
	      MessageBox(parent, TEXT("couldn't create name list control"), TEXT("error"), MB_OK);
}

LRESULT CALLBACK NameListControl::NameListProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    switch(msg)
    {
		case WM_PAINT:
		{
			PAINTSTRUCT ps;
			RECT controlSize;
			GetClientRect(hwnd, &controlSize); 
			HDC hdc;
			hdc = BeginPaint(m_hwnd, &ps);

				DrawText(hdc, TEXT("testname"), -1, &controlSize,  0);

			EndPaint(m_hwnd, &ps);

			break;
		}
		default:
			break;
    }

    return DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}


LRESULT CALLBACK ControlProc(HWND hwnd, UINT Message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	return ControlHandle->NameListProc(hwnd, Message, wParam, lParam);
}

despite my best efforts, no matter how or where i call NameListControl::Create , The CreateWindowEx always fails and returns null. can anyone see anything stupid that i'm missing here? Yes, i do know for a fact that i am calling NameListControl::Init way before i call Create.

EDIT: okay take it out of the class, and use this in the WM_CREATE message of my main window:

WNDCLASS wc;
wc.cbSize         = sizeof(wc);
wc.lpszClassName  = TEXT("NameListControl");
wc.hInstance      = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
wc.lpfnWndProc    = ControlProc;
wc.hCursor        = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hIcon          = 0;
wc.lpszMenuName   = 0;
wc.hbrBackground  = (HBRUSH)CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255,255,255));
wc.style          = 0;
wc.cbClsExtra     = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra     = 0;
wc.hIconSm        = 0;

if (RegisterClassEx(&wc) == 0)
    MessageBox(parent, TEXT("couldn't register name list control"), TEXT("error"), MB_OK);

HWND m_hwnd;
m_hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, TEXT("NameListControl"), TEXT(""), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD, 0,0,100,100, hwnd, NULL, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL);

and it still returns NULL. i'm missing something very obvious but i just can't see it :\