--- loncom/homework/response.pm	2004/12/23 22:53:41	1.112
+++ loncom/homework/response.pm	2005/01/31 22:00:40	1.113
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # various response type definitons response definition
 #
-# $Id: response.pm,v 1.112 2004/12/23 22:53:41 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: response.pm,v 1.113 2005/01/31 22:00:40 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -715,6 +715,19 @@ sub get_response_param {
     return $parameter;
 }
 
+sub submitted {
+    my ($who)=@_;
+    
+    # when scatron grading any submission is a submission
+    if ($ENV{'form.submitted'} eq 'scantron') { return 1; }
+    # if the caller only cared if this was a scantron submission
+    if ($who eq 'scantron') { return 0; }
+    # if the Submit Answer button for this particular part was pressed
+    my $partid=$Apache::inputtags::part;
+    if (defined($ENV{'form.submit_'.$partid})) { return 1; }
+    # otherwise no submission occured
+    return 0;
+}
 1;
 __END__