worked great! thanks leon.....
one note for anyone else reading this.
I had to change the dialog.tpl to make 2 seperate tables for this to work
Code:
<TABLE border=0 cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0 {$extra}>
<TR><td>[img]{$ImagesDir}/new/left_dialog_bg.gif[/img]<td>
<TD width="100%" height=15 class=DialogTitle background="{$ImagesDir}/new/center_dialog_bg.gif" valign=bottom>{$title}</TD>
<td>[img]{$ImagesDir}/new/right_dialog_bg.gif[/img]<td>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TABLE border=0 cellPadding=10 cellSpacing=1 width="100%">
<TR><TD class=DialogBox>{$content}
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>