Button destroys itself

["Scott." <scottf scs unr edu>]

i have a dialog named (of all things) "dialog" which has several radio
buttons, sliders, and text entries... at the bottom of this dialog, in the
action area, there are 2 buttons: save and cancel

when trying to get the cancel button to destroy the current dialog with
the following code:

	dialog = gtk_dialog_new();
	gtk_widget_show(dialog);
	button = gtk_button_new_with_label("Cancel");
        gtk_widget_show(button);
        gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(button), "clicked",
                           GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(gtk_widget_destroy),
                           GTK_OBJECT(dialog));

the cancel button itself is what gets destroyed, not the dialog (kinda
weird)... after this statement, i proceed to fill the vbox with the other
widgets (this is just for info)..

why is the cancel button being destroyed and not the dialog?

thanx..:)

-=Scott