Switch to a specific CDockablePane (in a tabbed format )

Question

Dear all,

I am migrating my MFC MDI application to use the new MFC Feature Pack. I am using many CDockablePane objects in my application, to allow the user to dock the panes wherever s/he wants. This allows the user to dock them in a tabbed format.

Sometimes, I want to programatically show a certain pane on top of others to draw attention to it. Is there a way to automatically switch to a specific pane when it is already docked with other panes in a tabbed format?

Please advise.
Thank you :)

Answer 1

Give CDockablePane::ShowPane a try :

m_wndPane.ShowPane(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE);

Answer 2

Thank you Pierre,

I already tried ShowPane but unfortunately it does not set the CDockablePane as active in a tabbed control. It just shows it if it was previously closed by the user.

Thank you.

Answer 3

> unfortunately it does not set the CDockablePane as active in a tabbed control

 

What do you mean?

ShowPane shows the pane and gives focus to it.

What do you expect?

 

Answer 4

Dear Pierre,

It works now.. I just had something wrong in my code. Sorry for that. Thanks for your help!