How To Draw Multi Column ListView in WM_DRAWITEM - c++

Question

I have a 3-column ListView (I didn't include the columns and items insertion code below since these parts work):
hwndListbox = CreateWindow(
WC_LISTVIEW,
"",
WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_CHILD | LVS_REPORT|LVS_OWNERDRAWFIXED,
100, 100,600, 300,
hwnd,
(HMENU)1,
NULL,
NULL);
Now I am trying to use WM_DRAWITEM to change the background colors based on the text in the 1st column:
case WM_DRAWITEM:
{
LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT pDIS = (LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT)(lParam);
HDC hDC = pDIS->hDC;
RECT rc = pDIS->rcItem;
// initialize brushes
HBRUSH bgRed = CreateSolidBrush (RGB(255,0,0));
HBRUSH bg = (HBRUSH)(GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH));
// declare strings for the sub-items' text
TCHAR text_col1[256];
TCHAR text_col2[256];
TCHAR text_col3[256];
// get the text from sub-items
ListView_GetItemText( pDIS -> hwndItem , pDIS -> itemID , 0 ,text_col1, 256);
ListView_GetItemText( pDIS -> hwndItem , pDIS -> itemID , 1 ,text_col2, 256);
ListView_GetItemText( pDIS -> hwndItem , pDIS -> itemID , 2 ,text_col3, 256);
// fill the row
if(strcmp(text_col1,"Random_Name") == 0)
{
FillRect(hDC,&rc,bgRed);
}
else
{
FillRect(hDC,&rc,bg);
}
// How to draw text of 2nd and 3rd columns within columns' boundaries?
DrawText(hDC, text_col1, strlen(text_col1), &rc, DT_SINGLELINE|DT_LEFT);
}
return 0;
How do I draw the text of 2nd and 3rd columns? I can call DrawText() with the other strings, but since they're all drawn onto the same rectangle, they don't conform to the column boundaries, but instead move freely across the rectangle depending on the format flags I specify in the last argument. How do I overcome this issue?
If there is a way to either get the same effect without using WM_DRAWITEM, or alternatively, define each column as a separate rectangle or any other solution, I'd love to hear.

Answer 1

You can use ListView_GetSubItemRect macro to retrieve subitem's rect.
void ListView_GetSubItemRect(
hwnd,
iItem,
iSubItem,
code,
prc
);