The Advanced Docking Window (ADW) architecture is built on top of the Objective Toolkit Layout Manager. It provides a powerful and flexible mechanism for docking any layout node such as any CWnd or Device Context rendered image (for example, a bitmap) to any other layout node that supports the proper docking interfaces. Although the architecture is intentionally independent of MFC’s docking controlbar architecture, ADW is compatible with any preexisting controlbar-based docking application and works in conjunction with controlbars as our samples demonstrate.