windows resource files

[Gorshkov <listsubscriptions oghma on ca>]

OK - next stupid question. Now that Tor's been able to point out my idiocy 
regarding the linking (*ahem*), I now have a working programme ..... except 
that a DOS box opens up directly behind it.

I assume that in order to get rid of that, I have to turn my "ordinary" DOS 
programme into a windows programme - and I assume that in order to do THAT, 
I'm gonna have to create/edit a windows resource file, and merge it with my 
executable.

Anybody have any pointers to the file format, or the steps involved? Are my 
assumptions off, or correct?

Thanks in advance for the help - after 25 years of 1's and 0's, it's been a 
while since I felt like such a newbie :-)