C / C++ / MFC

HTREEITEM MyTree::FindItem (CString text, HTREEITEM start)
{
  HTREEITEM child = NULL;
  while (start && GetItemText(start) != text)
  {
    child = GetChildItem(start);        // equivalent to GetNextItem(start, TVGN_CHILD)
    while (child && GetItemText(child) != text)
    {
      child = FindItem(text, child);
      if (!child)
        child = GetNextSiblingItem(child);  // equivalent to GetNextItem(child, TVGN_NEXT)
    }
 
    if (child)
      break;
    start = GetNextSiblingItem(start);
  }
 
  if (GetItemText(start) == text)
    return start;
  return child;
}

bool handleEvent
 (Event* pEvent);