URGENT : Tab Control Colours/Format

I need to show a tab (or even the text or background text color of a tab) in a different colour on the fly.
Do I have to make the tab owner draw?
Can I just call SetWindowText() and maybe a function to set the text background of each item?
It would be really nice to set the individual tab colour. How do I do this. I guess I can make it owner drawn and overide the DrawItem() function - Is there any other way?
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Thanks in Advance...