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Dear Support,
We have 4 bars that i dock like this:

    m_ctrlBar1.DockControlBar(AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_RIGHT, 1, this, true);
    m_ctrlBar2.DockControlBar(AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_RIGHT, 1, this, true);
    m_ctrlBar2.DockControlBar(&m_ctrlBar1,true, true, this, false);

    m_ctrlBar3.DockControlBar(AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_TOP, 2, this, false);
    m_ctrlBar4.DockControlBarLTRB(20, &m_ctrlBar3, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_RIGHT, false);

We want bar1 & bar2 to be on the right side, and bar3 & bar4 on top, with bar4 to the right of bar3, and consuming less space then bar4.
The problem is that no matter what we do, bar3 & bar4 have the same size.

What are we doing wrong?

Thanks,
Ron.

I tried it, you have to set the last parameter to true in the last 2 calls, to force them to recalc layout:
m_ctrlBar3.DockControlBar(AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_TOP, 2, this, true);
m_ctrlBar4.DockControlBarLTRB(20, &m_ctrlBar3, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_RIGHT, true);

Strange...
It didn’t work for me. true or false, I see no difference, they are split 50-50 no matter what I do.
Any other ideas what to look for?

Thanks,
Ron.

Could you repeat the same using control bars in our SDI sample? We believe the problem has to do with something we have not discussed yet.

Dear Support,

I have found the problem, after porting it to the SDI sample and saw that it works there.
It had to do with my main frame not being displayed. It is a full screen application, without title bar etc. and I did some working on hiding all these components that messed up all the sizes.

Now it works great!

Thanks,
Ron.

The CExtControlBar::DockControlBar() method is obsolete. We have not yet for compatibility issues (old versions). So use CExtControlBar::DockControlBarInnerOuter() and CExtControlBar::DockControlBarLTRB() methods instead. Please note that CFrameWnd::RecalcLayout() should be called before invoking CExtControlBar::DockControlBarLTRB().

That did not help. still 50-50.
I will try and send you a working example.