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On 8/4/2012 1:16 AM, clusardi2k@aol.com wrote:

> Swing Hacks: Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs(1st Edition) by Joshua
> Marinacci, Chris Adamson

> So thanks for another shelf book, but I won't keep my fingers crossed
> on me building the best of the best in this case.


Yes, that's the book.  When you get it, Hack #45, Animating a Sheet 
Dialog, is the one I am thinking of.  It shows how to make an animation 
for a dialog as it appears and disappears.  Similar to the Mac interface 
at the time it was written.  I think you could use the same technique to 
grey the background and then display your dialog on top to make a lightbox.