I didn't find exactly what I was looking for, but I was able to create a workaround, which works well for us.

My approach was to create a layout, then save it to the registry if it doesn't already exist.  I was informed that layouts must be created in whole, then activated.  You cannot move panes around one at a time any way you like - which is what I really wanted. 

Anyway, in the following code sample, I have a window pane layout named "Visual Studio".  If it was already created and saved to the registry, it is loaded and the layout is "set" (available).  If it doesn't already exist, I create the layout, and save it to the registry. 

// Create or load the Visual Studio Layout

m_pLayoutVisualStudio = m_paneManager.CreateLayout();

if (m_pLayoutVisualStudio->Load(_T("VisualStudio")))

{

m_paneManager.SetLayout(m_pLayoutVisualStudio);

}

else

{

m_paneManager.DockPane(m_pwndTreeView, dockLeftOf);

m_paneManager.DockPane(m_pwndOutbar, dockLeftOf, m_pwndTreeView);

m_paneManager.DockPane(m_pwndPaneChartRealtime, dockBottomOf);

m_paneManager.DockPane(m_pwndPaneOutput, dockBottomOf);

m_paneManager.DockPane(m_pwndPaneLog, dockBottomOf);

m_paneManager.DockPane(m_pwndPaneChartResponseTime, dockBottomOf);

m_paneManager.AttachPane(m_pwndOutbar, m_pwndTreeView);

m_paneManager.AttachPane(m_pwndPaneOutput, m_pwndPaneChartRealtime);

m_paneManager.AttachPane(m_pwndPaneLog, m_pwndPaneChartRealtime);

m_paneManager.AttachPane(m_pwndPaneChartResponseTime, m_pwndPaneChartRealtime);

m_pwndTreeView->Select();

m_pwndPaneChartRealtime->Select();

m_paneManager.GetLayout(m_pLayoutVisualStudio);

m_pLayoutVisualStudio->Save(_T("VisualStudio"));

}

Whenever I want to show the Visual Studio layout, I just set the pane manager layout:

m_paneManager.SetLayout(m_pLayoutVisualStudio);

Conceivably, you could do this on the fly...

Tim Hodgson
ExclamationSoft (http://www.ExclamationSoft.com)
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Sorry if this is obvious, but I'm having trouble finding it:

How can I dynamically resize a pane once it is created and attached?

In my OnCreate method, I have:

m_pwndOutbar = m_paneManager.CreatePane(IDR_PANE_OUTBAR, CRect(0, 0, 130, 0), dockLeftOf, m_pwndTreeView );

In the above, the size is initially set.  I'd hate to have to destroy the pane and re-create it.

Tim