How to create floating toolbar that always active in MFC application

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MFC

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I' m new with MFC. I needed to create a floating toolbar (CToolBar) with no option of docking and save and restore its last pos.

The toolbar also should be active all the time, but its NOT. When I'm openning a new child window (dialog for instance) from the mainframe, the floating tool bar become not active (I can not click on its buttons, or drag it etc..).

In the past I've used CDiaolog with Overlapped style and it was floating and always active as I needed. Is it possible to do the same with my Floating Toolbar? Thanks

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{     
   if (CFrameWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
   return -1;

   toolbarIconSize.cx = toolbarIconSize.cy = TOOLBAR_MAIN_ICON_SIZE;
   if ( !m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.Create(this,m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.GetBarStyle() |WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW  | WS_EX_TOPMOST  |CBRS_FLOATING | WS_VISIBLE) ||
    !m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.LoadToolBar(IDR_GENERAL_TOOLBAR, toolbarIconSize))
    {
       TRACE0("Failed to create My Floating Toolbar\n");
       return -1;      // fail to create
    }

   m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.EnableDocking(0);
   EnableDocking(0);

   if (!CreateCtrlBar())
   {
       TRACE0("Failed to create ctrl toolbar\n");
       return -1;      // fail to create
   }

   // ...
   //...
   return 0; 
}

void CMainFrame::OnViewToolBar()
{
   // ...
   //...

   CPoint Pos = MyFloatingToolbarGetLastPosition(); \\Get last pos 
   FloatControlBar( &m_wndMyFloatingToolbar, Pos, CBRS_ALIGN_LEFT );
   MyFloatingToolbarSetIsVisible();
   FloatControlBar( &m_wndMyFloatingToolbar, Pos, CBRS_ALIGN_LEFT );
}
void CMainFrame::MyFloatingToolbarSetIsVisible()
{
   WINDOWPLACEMENT wp;
   m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.GetParent()->GetParent()->GetWindowPlacement(&wp);
   wp.showCmd = SW_SHOW;
   m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.GetParent()->GetParent()->SetWindowPlacement(&wp);

   m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.GetParent()->GetWindowPlacement(&wp);
   wp.showCmd = SW_SHOW;
   m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.GetParent()->SetWindowPlacement(&wp);

   m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.GetWindowPlacement(&wp);
   wp.showCmd = SW_SHOW;
   m_wndMyFloatingToolbar.SetWindowPlacement(&wp);
}
void CWJToolBar::OnWindowPosChanging(WINDOWPOS FAR* lpwndpos)
{ 
   CToolBar::OnWindowPosChanging(lpwndpos); 

   if ( GetBarStyle() & CBRS_FLOATING )
   {
       if((lpwndpos->flags & SWP_HIDEWINDOW) && ((this->GetParentFrame())->m_hWnd !=(this->GetTopLevelFrame())->m_hWnd)) 
       { 
           CMainFrame* mf = (CMainFrame*)(AfxGetApp()->GetMainWnd());
           mf->MyFloatingToolbarSavePosition();         
       }
   }
}