How to change the color of the marker that highlights menu items ?

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C++

Win32

I would like to start by saying thanks to everyone who takes some time to view this thread and try to help.

I have a owner drawn popup menu, with submenu, which is also owner drawn.

When I run the code the following effect happens:

When I hover with mouse over submenu's item, his background becomes white , and the arrow ( the one that indicates that submenu has items ) turns into white arrow.

My question is:

How do I change the color of that marker ( let it be red for example ) ?

Some code example/ pseudo-code / instructions / tutorials / links ... would be welcome.

UPDATE #4:
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Fixed the problem of white background appearing behind text by using

ExtTextOut()

with style

ETO_OPAQUE

.

Arrow is still white.

I can highlight item properly with following code in WM_DRAWITEM:

if( lpdis->itemAction & ODA_SELECT ) // if item is selected
            {
                if(lpdis->itemState & ODS_SELECTED) 
                {

                    // set the color of the highlight marker

                    SetBkColor( lpdis->hDC, RGB(117, 210, 255) );
                    
                    // draw desired text

                    ExtTextOut( lpdis->hDC, lpdis->rcItem.left,
                        lpdis->rcItem.top, ETO_OPAQUE, &lpdis->rcItem,
                        (LPCWSTR)lpdis->itemData,
                        wcslen((LPCWSTR)lpdis->itemData), NULL);

                    // draw edges of the marker

                    DrawEdge( lpdis->hDC, &lpdis->rcItem, EDGE_RAISED,
                        BF_FLAT );

                    // draw frame around menu item and color it so it matches the markers color

                    FrameRect( lpdis->hDC, &lpdis->rcItem,
                        CreateSolidBrush( RGB(117, 210, 255) ) );
                }
            }

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I work in MS Visual Studio Express 2008, on Windows XP, in C++, using pure WIN32 API.

If any other information is required ( source code or something similar ), please ask for it, I will more than gladly supply it.