Colored Text Windows

[sunrise38501]

I've been trying to write a Windows GUI based app for years, and
nobody has offered any useful help. My first project is 75% plagerism
on the API side. I still can't find the resources to understand what I
am doing. In this project, I'm using text cells by this code:

eMain1a = MCreateEdit(hInstance, hwndp, "",0 ,0, 60, 20,false);

What I would like to learn next is a way to change the background
color of the text cells as a highlight.
I'm using Borland's C++ Builder v6.

Thanks for any feedback!