There is no real difference between CTreeCtrl and CTreeView. You need to use an owner draw tree control.

Takeover the NM_CUSTOMDRAW message, and it will allow you to change the font, brush, etc. of each individual item. You don’t need to do any owner draw if you use customdraw.

The following articles wil save you plenty of work.

• http://www.codeproject.com/treectrl/#Custom+Tree+Controls
• http://www.codeproject.com/treectrl/colortreectrl.asp

How to use a derived CTreeCtrl in a CTreeView?

It is similar with this article: “How to use an derived CListCtrl in CListView” or “How do I subclass the CListCtrl part of a CListView Class?“.

Just like CListView, there is no CTreeCtrl to subclass in CTreeView. The CTreeView is the subclass of the WC_TREEVIEW common control. If you need some extra feature in the CTreeView, the best way is like the method mentioned in the previous two articles:

Forget CTreeView and derive your own view CMyView from CView, and bond your CMyTreeCtrl in the view. Now you got the full control of the tree.

These two articles may be helpful to you: 

• http://www.codeguru.com/doc_view/custom_view.shtml
• http://www.codeguru.com/doc_view/Control2View.shtml