trouble invoking a Jquery dialog box on a 'parent' page.

trouble invoking a Jquery dialog box on a 'parent' page.

I am having a trouble invoking a Jquery dialog box on a 'parent' page.

I'm calling the dialog 'open' from a dynamically loaded page within an iFrame on the 'parent' page.

The showDialog button is on that dynamic IFrame form.

I'm using '#divId' as the placeholder div, and '#modalIframeId1' is where the dynamic form gets loaded via src='AddLead.aspx' for instance.

If I put #divId & '#modalIframeId1' on the master page for the popup form it works, but I want a 'generic' divId on the parent page, so the dialog popups up in the parent page, not on the form in the IFrame - it's too small for some dialogs I need to call.

Essentially there is this "parent level" I need to address so when I set the options & call with code like this, it will work:

$('#divId').dialog('option', 'height', vHeight);
   
$('#divId').dialog('option', 'width', intWidth);  
   
$('#divId').dialog('option', 'position', 'center');
$('#divId').dialog('open');




I have tried various parent() type calls, but can't seem to be able to set and open the dialog on the parent page from the child page.
 
Thanks,
 
Charles