Adding Panel in Illustrator

I am developing a plugin for illustrator. Currently my plugin can be accessed by clicking File-->MyPluginName-->Launch .
Each time user needs to access it by following the given path.
To make user's life easier, i want to make panel for my plugin so that it will be available to user just one click away. ( Just like "Layers" panel of Illustrator which is always available for user to operate )
Can anyone help me in doing this. Is it possible to do this using Illustrator SDK.
Currently i am developing my plugins for CS3 and CS4 .
If it is not possible to develop such panel using Illustrator SDK , Does adobe have any plans to add support to panels in future releases .?? ( May be in CS5 )
Expecting favorable reply
Thanks in advance

Thanks
You provided me with the exact answer . Thanks a lot

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