Dialog box "genie" effect

Dialog box "genie" effect


Hi. I'd like to implement a dialog box "genie" effect on opening and
closing the dialog box. The dialog box is opened by a button on the
web page, and I'd like the dialog box to "genie" into the button when
it is closed. And also to genie out of the button when opened.
(Without this genie effect, it's harder for the user to keep track of
how to reopen the dialog box.)
Right now, I can do this, sort of, by setting the "show" and "hide"
effects to "scale". What's missing, is that the "scale" effect causes
the dialog box to genie away into the middle of its current location,
rather than genieing away into the button that opens the dialog box.
Any idea on how I can achieve what I want?
While I'm here, I have another question. I know how to set the "show"
and "hide" effects for a dialog box, but I don't know how to pass any
of the parameters that usually control such effects. The interface
for setting these on a dialog box seems to have no provisions for also
setting the parameters. I've already tried every permutation I can
think of to no avail. Am I missing something?
|>ouglas