Cannot Open Window On Demand

[kirelet]

I have the following code:

<section>
    @(Html.Kendo().Window()
        .Modal(true)
        .Name("window")
        .Height(200)
        .Width(400)
        .Title("Case Documents")
        .Visible(false)
        .LoadContentFrom("Index", "Home")
        .Pinned(true)
        )

    <a id="openButton">Open Window</a>

Then after it, I have:

// this works when the page is loaded
 $(function () {
      $("#window").data("kendoWindow").center().open();
  });

// this does not work, even if I remove the above code, it says $(...).data(...) is undefined
  $($("#openButton").click(function () {
      $("#window").data("kendoWindow").center().open();
  }));

Basically, once the page is loaded, I can no longer open the window, regardless of whether it was opened on document ready event or not.  I do not understand why the $("#window").data("kendoWindow") object is undefined.  

[kirelet]

nevermind I figured it out