ListCtrl in MFC

[GCDEF]

GCDEF, Could you bit elaborate, on how to use SetItemData in this case ?

Have you read what SetItemData does? It stores an associated DWORD value with a list control item. If you see an item that has text in the second column store that row number somewhere and use it for the value for SetItemData for subsequent items you insert. When you need to get the second column text, use GetItemData to get the item number that has the second column text to retrieve the text.