MFC: Adding CListView tab to a CTabView (CBCGPTabView) on request doesn't call CMyListView::OnInitialUpdate()

Question

I have a CMyTabView derived from CBCGPTabView ( CTabView ) that I want to add tabs to on the fly. The tab being added will be a CMyListView derived from CListView . If I add the tab during CMyTabView::OnCreate() it works fine. If I try to do it via a custom message, it adds the tab, but it's blank ( CMyListView::OnInitialUpdate() is never called).

What do I need to do for it to work?

Here's what works (the test tab):

int CMyTabView::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
  if (__super::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
    return -1;

  CBCGPTabWnd &tabctrl=GetTabControl();

  int index=AddView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CMyForm), _T("My Form"));
  if (index!=-1) {
    m_IDTabMyForm=tabctrl.GetTabID(index);
  }

  AddView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CMyListView), _T("Test"));

  tabctrl.HideNoTabs();

  return 0;
}

This doesn't (other than adding the tab with a blank window).

afx_msg LRESULT CMyTabView::OnUwmAddMyListViewTab(WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam)
{
  CString mytabname;
  mytabname=_T("My ListView");
  
  // check if tab already exists - if so select it
  CBCGPTabWnd &tabcontrol=GetTabControl();
  for (int i=0; i<tabcontrol.GetTabsNum(); i++) {
    CString tablabel;
    if (tabcontrol.GetTabLabel(i, tablabel)) {
      if (tablabel==mytabname) {
        tabcontrol.SetActiveTab(i);
        return 0;
      }
    }
  }
  // new tab so add it
  int index=AddView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CMyListView), mytabname);
  if (index!=-1) {
    tabcontrol.SetActiveTab(index);
  }
  
  return 0;
}

Answer 1

It turns out you have to call it yourself, version below works:

afx_msg LRESULT CMyTabView::OnUwmAddMyListViewTab(WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam)
{
  CString mytabname;
  mytabname=_T("My ListView");
  
  // check if tab already exists - if so select it
  CBCGPTabWnd &tabcontrol=GetTabControl();
  for (int i=0; i<tabcontrol.GetTabsNum(); i++) {
    CString tablabel;
    if (tabcontrol.GetTabLabel(i, tablabel)) {
      if (tablabel==mytabname) {
        tabcontrol.SetActiveTab(i);
        return 0;
      }
    }
  }
  // new tab so add it
  int index=AddView(RUNTIME_CLASS(CMyListView), mytabname);
  if (index!=-1) {
    CView* thetabview=GetView(index);
    if (thetabview) {
      // we need to call OnInitUpdate ourself
      thetabview->SendMessage(WM_INITIALUPDATE);
      //make sure any child windows of the view get the message too
      thetabview->SendMessageToDescendants(WM_INITIALUPDATE, 0, 0, TRUE, TRUE);
    }

    tabcontrol.SetActiveTab(index);
  }
  
  return 0;
}