Thread: Tab Control - Setting The Background colour

Hi,

Ive been looking on google and MSDN for a way to colour the background to a tab to a colour other than the system default.

I was just wondering has anyone found an easy way of doing this?

Do i need to call the WM_DRAWITEM notification message? On MSDN it says this notification is only called on owner drawn controls like buttons, but not tabs. Is this the case? Or do i need to actually draw a coloured rectangle over the tab?

Or do i need to try another notification message? Or am i barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks