diff --git a/samples/simple/dialog.py b/samples/simple/dialog.py
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+import wx
+
+class MyDialog(wx.Dialog):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
+        wx.Dialog.__init__(self, *args, **kw)
+        
+        # Widgets
+        txt = wx.StaticText(self, label="Hello.  I am a Dialog!  Hear me roar!")
+        ok = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_OK)
+        ok.SetDefault()
+        cancel = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_CANCEL)
+        
+        # Layout
+        self.Sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)  # using the Sizer property
+        self.Sizer.Add(txt, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
+        self.Sizer.Add(wx.StaticLine(self), 0, wx.EXPAND)
+        
+        # make a new sizer to hold the buttons
+        row = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
+        row.Add((1,1), 1)  # a spacer that gets a portion of the free space
+        row.Add(ok)
+        row.Add((1,1), 1)
+        row.Add(cancel)
+        row.Add((1,1), 1)
+        
+        # add that sizer to the main sizer
+        self.Sizer.Add(row, 0, wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, 10)
+        
+        # size the dialog to fit the content managed by the sizer
+        self.Fit()
+ 
+ 
+app = wx.App()
+dlg = MyDialog(None, title="Hello Dialog")
+val = dlg.ShowModal()
+dlg.Destroy() 
+app.MainLoop()
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