Specific docking to the frame - c++

Question

Now my bars located on frame thanks to nDockBarID = AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT
ForcesBar* m_forcesBar[3];
for (int i=0; i<3; i++)
{
m_forcesBar[i]->SetBarStyle(m_forcesBar[i]->GetBarStyle() |
CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC);
m_forcesBar[i]->EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
}
pMainFrame->EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
pMainFrame->DockControlBar(m_forcesBar[0], AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT);
pMainFrame->DockControlBar(m_forcesBar[1], AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT);
pMainFrame->DockControlBar(m_forcesBar[2], AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT);
While I want to receive such bar combination:
I think that it will be good to use lpRect in
void DockControlBar(
CControlBar* pBar,
UINT nDockBarID = 0,
LPCRECT lpRect = NULL
);
but unfortunately it does not work.
Can you give code example for making such specific doking (secon picture).
(In project I use CSizingControlBar http://www.datamekanix.com/sizecbar/manual.html)

Answer 1

I tested it and using rectangle works fine.
One difference is that in my test app I have declared m_forcesBar in MainFrm.h as
ForcesBar m_forcesBar[3];
Avoiding allocation on the heap and remembering memory release.
The code I used (snippet from OnCreate):
EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
m_wndToolBar1.EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
m_wndToolBar2.EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_ANY);
DockControlBar(&m_wndToolBar1);
DockControlBar(&m_wndToolBar2);
CRect rectWnd;
GetClientRect(rectWnd);
ClientToScreen(rectWnd);
for(int iIndx = 0; iIndx < 3; iIndx++)
{
if (!m_forcesBar[iIndx].Create(_T(""), this, 120 + iIndx))
{
TRACE0("Failed to create mybar\n");
return -1; // fail to create
}
m_forcesBar[iIndx].SetBarStyle(m_forcesBar[iIndx].GetBarStyle() |
CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC);
m_forcesBar[iIndx].EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_LEFT);
DockControlBar(&m_forcesBar[iIndx], AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_LEFT, rectWnd);
}
That is it.