function mrAlert(text, buttons, width) {

  if ( width == undefined ) {
    width = 300;
  }

  dialog_button_callbacks = buttons;

  $("#generaldialog").dialog({
    bgiframe: true,
    autoOpen: false,
    modal: true,
    stack: true,
    buttons: buttons,
    width: width
  });

  $('#generaldialog_text').html(text);
  $('#generaldialog').dialog("open");

}