Call this function to retrieve the previous visible item of hItem.
HTREEITEM GetPrevVisibleItem(
   HTREEITEM hItem 
) const;
Parameters
- hItem
Handle of a tree item. 
Return Value
The handle of the previous visible item; otherwise NULL.
Example
HTREEITEM hmyItem = m_TreeCtrl.GetSelectedItem();
// Show all of the previous visible items of hmyItem in bold.
HTREEITEM hItem = hmyItem;
while (hItem != NULL)
{
   m_TreeCtrl.SetItemState(hItem, TVIS_BOLD, TVIS_BOLD);
   hItem = m_TreeCtrl.GetPrevVisibleItem(hItem);
}
Requirements
Header: afxcmn.h