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Our application is based on the FixedSizePanels example, but we are using 2 CExtResizableDialogs. We can get the CExtResizableDialogs to dock, but want to change the positions where they dock from:

+------------------+-------+
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+------------------+-------+
| |
+---------------------------+

to

+------------------+-------+
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
+------------------+ |
| | |
+---------------------------+

Is this possible?

CExtPanelControlbar.zip has been emailed..

We are able to dock the first CExtPanelControlBar on the right side of the frame using DockControlBar.

When we try to dock the second CExtPanelControlBar on the bottom of the frame using
DockControlBar(&m_wndPanelDialog, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_BOTTOM,&rect);

(rect is set such that its width is less than the left side of the first docked CExtPanelControlBar)

the second bar seems to stretch to fill the entire bottom row, pushing up the first CExtPanelControlBar which was docked on the right side.

When the second CExtPanelControlBar floats, it seems to be the correct size. How do you prevent the CExtPanelControlBar from changing size when it is docked?

Would you show the entire code which docks all the control bars in your project?

We can guess you are using CExtPanelControlBar-fixed size control bars as containers for your resizable dialogs. The panel bars are docked initially exactly like toolbars. You can read about this here.