argh, what is wrong?!

[Bengi]

what the heck is wrong with it??!!??! it drives me crazy!

case WM_NOTIFY:
{
    switch(LOWORD(wParam))
    {
         case IDC_LIST: 
         {
              if(((LPNMHDR)lParam)->code == NM_CUSTOMDRAW)
              {
                 NMLVCUSTOMDRAW *cdraw = (NMLVCUSTOMDRAW*)lParam;
                        
                 if (cdraw->nmcd.dwDrawStage == CDDS_PREPAINT)
                     return CDRF_NOTIFYITEMDRAW;

                 if (cdraw->nmcd.dwDrawStage == CDDS_ITEMPREPAINT || cdraw->nmcd.dwDrawStage == CDDS_SUBITEM)
                 {      
                    COLORREF crText;
                            
                     if ( cdraw->iSubItem==2 )
                          crText = RGB(255,0,0);
                     else if ( cdraw->iSubItem==1 )
                          crText = RGB(0,255,0);
                     else
                          crText = RGB(128,128,255);
                            
                     cdraw->clrText = crText;
                            
                     return CDRF_DODEFAULT;
                 }
                        
              }
		}
	}	
}

the message never arrives if (cdraw->nmcd.dwDrawStage == CDDS_ITEMPREPAINT || cdraw->nmcd.dwDrawStage == CDDS_SUBITEM)

i have seen other src codes and it all works well there (MFC apps !@!@#!@)

do i need to set my listView to have some style or something?

[Bengi]

yesssssssssssss i got it to work!!
finally a good Pure API code that actually works,
i found it deep inside msdn!

this is what we need to do in the WM_NOTIFY:

if(((LPNMHDR)lParam)->code == NM_CUSTOMDRAW)
{
     SetWindowLong(hWnd, DWL_MSGRESULT, (LONG)ProcessCustomDraw(lParam));
    return TRUE;
}

and let the result function to be:

LRESULT ProcessCustomDraw (LPARAM lParam)
{
    LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW lplvcd = (LPNMLVCUSTOMDRAW)lParam;

    switch(lplvcd->nmcd.dwDrawStage) 
    {
        case CDDS_PREPAINT : //Before the paint cycle begins
            //request notifications for individual listview items
            return CDRF_NOTIFYITEMDRAW;
            
        case CDDS_ITEMPREPAINT: //Before an item is drawn
            if (iSelect == (int)lplvcd->nmcd.dwItemSpec)
            {
                //customize item appearance
                lplvcd->clrText   = RGB(255,255,255);
                lplvcd->clrTextBk = RGB(0,0,255);

                //To set a custom font:
                //SelectObject(lplvcd->nmcd.hdc, <your custom HFONT>);

                return CDRF_NEWFONT;
            }
            break;
    
        case CDDS_SUBITEM | CDDS_ITEMPREPAINT: //Before a subitem is drawn
            if (iSelect == (int)lplvcd->nmcd.dwItemSpec)
            {
                if (0 == lplvcd->iSubItem)
                {
                    //customize subitem appearance for column 0
                    lplvcd->clrText   = RGB(255,255,255);
                    lplvcd->clrTextBk = RGB(255,0,0);

                    //To set a custom font:
                    //SelectObject(lplvcd->nmcd.hdc, <your custom HFONT>);

                    return CDRF_NEWFONT;
                }
                else if (1 == lplvcd->iSubItem)
                {
                    //customize subitem appearance for columns 1..n
                    //Note: setting for column i carries over to columnn i+1 unless
                    //      it is explicitly reset
                    lplvcd->clrTextBk = RGB(0,255,0);

                    return CDRF_NEWFONT;
                }
            }
    }
    return CDRF_DODEFAULT;
}

now we can play with Colors!!! finally gotcha !@#@!#!@#!@