--- loncom/enrollment/localenroll.pm	2009/08/22 19:52:13	1.38
+++ loncom/enrollment/localenroll.pm	2009/09/13 03:14:12	1.39
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # functions to glue school database system into Lon-CAPA for 
 # automated enrollment
-# $Id: localenroll.pm,v 1.38 2009/08/22 19:52:13 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: localenroll.pm,v 1.39 2009/09/13 03:14:12 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -290,20 +290,25 @@ If the username of the course owner is p
 test is used, namely that the requestor is listed as instructor of
 record for the course in the institution's course schedule/database.
 
-A valid instcode is confirmed by returning 'valid'.
-
 validate_instcode takes three arguments -
  (a) the LON-CAPA domain that will contain the course
  (b) the institutional code (in the MSU case this is a concatenation of
  semester code, department code, and course number, e.g., fs03nop590.
  (c) an optional institutional username for the course owner.
 
+An array is returned containing (a) the result of the check for a valid 
+instcode, and (b) an (optional) course description.   
+A valid instcode is confirmed by returning 'valid'.
+If no course description is available, '' should be set as
+the value of the second item in the returned array.
+
 =cut
 
 sub validate_instcode {
     my ($dom,$instcode,$owner) = @_;
     my $outcome = '';
-    return $outcome;
+    my $description = '';
+    return ($outcome,$description);
 }
 
 =pod