--- loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2004/06/29 22:32:12	1.258
+++ loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2004/07/02 08:14:41	1.259
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # definition of tags that give a structure to a document
 #
-# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.258 2004/06/29 22:32:12 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.259 2004/07/02 08:14:41 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1042,7 +1042,11 @@ sub start_part {
     @Apache::inputtags::previous_version=();
     $Apache::lonhomework::problemstatus=&get_problem_status($id);
     my $hidden=&Apache::loncommon::check_if_partid_hidden($Apache::inputtags::part);
+    my $newtype=&Apache::lonnet::EXT("resource.$id.type");
+    if ($newtype) { $Apache::lonhomework::type=$newtype; }
+
     my $expression='$external::part=\''.$Apache::inputtags::part.'\';';
+    $expression.='$external::type=\''.$Apache::lonhomework::type.'\';';
     &Apache::run::run($expression,$safeeval);
 
     if ($target eq 'meta') {