Index: lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js,v
diff -u -r1.1.2.16 -r1.1.2.17
--- lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js	5 Nov 2016 11:59:01 -0000	1.1.2.16
+++ lams_central/web/includes/javascript/dialog.js	8 Nov 2016 12:50:38 -0000	1.1.2.17
@@ -250,4 +250,36 @@
  */
 function moveDialogToTop(id) {
 	// $('#' + id).dialog('moveToTop');
+}
+
+
+//used by both main.jsp and /lti/addlesson.jsp pages
+function showAuthoringDialog(learningDesignID){
+	showDialog('dialogAuthoring', {
+		'height' : Math.max(300, $(window).height() - 30),
+		'width' : Math.max(600, Math.min(1280, $(window).width() - 60)),
+		'title' : LABELS.AUTHORING_TITLE,
+		'beforeClose' : function(){
+			// if LD was modified, ask the user if he really wants to exit
+			var innerLib = $('iframe', this)[0].contentWindow.GeneralLib,
+				// no innerLib means that an exception occured in Authoring
+				// and the interface is not usable anyway
+				canClose = !innerLib || innerLib.canClose() || confirm(LABELS.NAVIGATE_AWAY_CONFIRM);
+			if (canClose) {
+				$('iframe', this).attr('src', null);
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
+		},
+		'open' : function() {
+			var url = LAMS_URL + 'authoring/author.do?method=openAuthoring';
+			
+			if (learningDesignID) {
+				url += '&learningDesignID=' + learningDesignID;
+			}
+			
+			// load contents after opening the dialog
+			$('iframe', this).attr('src', url);
+		}
+	}, true);
 }
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