[Dev-C++] edit controls

Hi,
I would like to use a control in my win32 app written in C++ using ONLY
win32 API (i.e. not MFC) that lets me write text in different fonts or
colours to the screen, but is read only, i.e. is for output only, not input.

Before implementing the functionality of this control, i had made it a
simple edit control, because the simple edit control for my input window is
working fine, but it seems this will not work for output as edit controls
set their text all at once (i need to be able to send text to the control as
i need to, and have it appended) and edit controls cannot take text of more
than one font.

the next thing i thought of is to use the TextOut function, but i fear this
will not be very easy, and may not be a complete solution, because i'll need
the text to be scrollable after there is too much of it, and it needs to
word wrap to the size the user makes the window.

what i have been looking at tonight is the richedit control, which may do
the job, but i cannot find any information about how to use it using win32
api calls in c++. is richedit the way to go? if so, how do i use it? can i
create one using CreateWindowEx and send it messages using SendMessage or
specialised functions?

this is what i would like:
HWND hOutput = CreateWindowEx(special edit control thingy details);
HFONT hFont = CreateFont(... whatever)
SendTextorSimilar(hOutput,hFont,char* text,etc...);
GetTextorSimilar(hOutput,&text,etc...);

something along those lines. is there a control for me? is there
documentation? by control, obviously i mean a window which is going to be a
child window of my app. also, all the functionality of the control has to be
already written up so i can just call the functions, so does this mean it
has to be a common control (i don't know how many of these there are)? my
biggest fear right now is that there is no common rich text control (like
there is no splitter control) and i'll have to write something myself like i
wrote my splitter bar window, but it won't be so easy.

so, anyone know how to use richedit in win32 api?
thanks
ramana
p.s. i will probably not reply to (nor receive) any replies to this message
for the next 14 days or so, because i'm going away so, yeah, (if anyone is
interested lol)