Check this message #758025. It relates to a treeview. I am away from my system, so have have not tried with ListView.

888>Hi all:
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>Help...
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>I am using a list view but don't know where to set formatting properties of the selected item. The relevant properties I have already set are as follows:
>HIDESELECTION = .T.
>HOTTRACKING = .T.
>HOVERSELECTION = .T.
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>I am getting most of the expected behavior. The mouse changes to a hand pointer when I am over an item in the list(HOTTRACKING), and the item currently pointed is executed without a click (HOVERSELECTION).
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>My problem is I want to change the background color and forecolor of the selected item in the list. I have been looking for a way to do so but I cannot find one. Maybe there is, but maybe there isn't after all...
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>TIA