I have a set of sub-VI that let me realize "un-dockable" regions of the GUI. see reply # 18 in this thread.
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=351512#M351512
The customer I developed this code for was very happy with the effect since it lets them expand what they wanted and ignore what did not matter.
Ben