How to create jQuery Dialog in function

Question

Does anyone know how to create a jQuery Dialog in a function? I can\'t find an attribute to set the message... In every example I found, the dialog has been statically written i

Answer 1

Here is a simple example:

function openDialog(message) {
    if ($('#dialog').length == 0) {
        $(document.body).append('
'+message+'
');
    } else {
        $('#dialog').html(message);
    }
    $( "#dialog" ).dialog({
        autoOpen: false,
        show: "blind",
        hide: "explode"
    });
    $( "#dialog" ).dialog("open");
}