Treeview color...again

I have been trying to change the background color of a treeview control using the sendMessages api function. It works great unless I have the line style property set to rootlines. If I do then I get a white space to the left of each of the children nodes. I have tried using the code at http://www.mvps.orgURL=http://www.mv.../tveffects.htm]www.mvps.org[/URL] , but it still seems to have everything left of those stupid root lines white. any ideas?[

You could try subclassing the parent window and acting on the WM_CTLCOLOR* messages. You could do this with the EventVB.dll thus:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Dim WithEvents vbLink As EventVB.APIFunctions
Dim WithEvents vbWnd As EventVB.ApiWindow
 
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 
Set vbLink = New APIFunctions
Set vbWnd = New ApiWindow
 
vbWnd.hWnd = Me.hWnd
vbLink.SubclassedWindows.Add vbWnd
 
With TreeView1
    .Nodes.Add , , "TOP", "Top level"
    .Nodes.Add "TOP", tvwChild, "NEXT1", "Child 1"
    .Nodes.Add "TOP", tvwChild, "NEXT2", "Child 2"
End With
 
End Sub
 
Private Sub vbWnd_ControlColour(ByVal ControlType As EventVB.StandardControlTypes, ByVal DeviceContext As EventVB.ApiDeviceContext, ByVal ControlWindow As EventVB.ApiWindow, ColourBrush As EventVB.ApiLogBrush)
 
If ControlWindow.hWnd = TreeView1.hWnd Then
    Dim colThis As New ApiColour
    With colThis
        .Red = 0
        .Green = 0
        .Blue = 255
    End With
    
    Set ColourBrush.Colour = colThis
End If
 
End Sub

Hope this helps,
Duncan