[DXCategory("CustomDraw")]
public event CustomDrawNodeCellEventHandler CustomDrawNodeCell

<DXCategory("CustomDraw")>
Public Event CustomDrawNodeCell As CustomDrawNodeCellEventHandler

using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using DevExpress.XtraTreeList;

private void treeList1_CustomDrawNodeCell(object sender, CustomDrawNodeCellEventArgs e) {
    // Create brushes for cells.
    Brush backBrush, foreBrush;
    if (e.Node != (sender as TreeList).FocusedNode)
    {
        backBrush = e.Cache.GetGradientBrush(e.Bounds, Color.PapayaWhip, Color.PeachPuff, LinearGradientMode.ForwardDiagonal);
        foreBrush = Brushes.Black;
    }
    else
    {
        backBrush = Brushes.DarkBlue;
        foreBrush = e.Cache.GetSolidBrush(Color.PeachPuff);
    }
    // Fill the background.
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(backBrush, e.Bounds);
    // Paint the node value.
    e.Cache.DrawString(e.CellText, e.Appearance.Font, foreBrush, e.Bounds,
      e.Appearance.GetStringFormat());

    // Prohibit default painting.
    e.Handled = true;
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports DevExpress.XtraTreeList

Private Sub TreeList1_CustomDrawNodeCell(sender As Object, e As DevExpress.XtraTreeList.CustomDrawNodeCellEventArgs) Handles TreeList1.CustomDrawNodeCell
    ' Create brushes for cells.
    Dim BackBrush, ForeBrush As Brush
    If e.Node.Id <> sender.FocusedNode.Id Then
        BackBrush = e.Cache.GetGradientBrush(e.Bounds, Color.PapayaWhip,
                                             Color.PeachPuff, LinearGradientMode.ForwardDiagonal)
        ForeBrush = Brushes.Black
    Else
        BackBrush = Brushes.DarkBlue
        ForeBrush = Brushes.PeachPuff
    End If
    ' Fill the background.
    e.Cache.FillRectangle(BackBrush, e.Bounds)
    ' Paint the node value.
    e.Cache.DrawString(e.CellText, e.Appearance.Font, ForeBrush, e.Bounds,
                       e.Appearance.GetStringFormat())

    ' Prohibit default painting
    e.Handled = True
End Sub