If you need the set layout to be rendered from a specific module then use the module
argument from the setLayout() or renderLayout()
methods:
component name="general"{
function index(event,rc,prc){
// call some model for data and put into the request collection
prc.myQuery = getInstance('MyService').getData();
// set the view for rendering
event.setLayout( name="admin", module="contentbox" );
}
}