Hi Jim,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. From
your description, I understand that you need to know the purpose of
ILayoutManager in UIP Application Block. If there is any misunderstanding,
please feel free to let me know.

The ILayoutManager interface gives you the ability to add custom layout
logic to views in your applications. You can define generic layouts such as
horizontal or vertical layouts in which your controls appear from left to
right or top to bottom respectively. You can also customize a layout for
each of your views by specifying the position of each control. You create a
class that implements the ILayoutManager interface and defines the
LayoutControls method.

For more information, please check the following link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnpag/html/
uipab-ch02.asp

HTH.

Kevin Yu