--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2005/01/04 14:46:17	1.245
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2005/02/12 03:27:57	1.248
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.245 2005/01/04 14:46:17 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.248 2005/02/12 03:27:57 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ sub define_excel_formats {
     $format->{'h1'}   = $workbook->add_format(bold=>1, size=>18);
     $format->{'h2'}   = $workbook->add_format(bold=>1, size=>16);
     $format->{'h3'}   = $workbook->add_format(bold=>1, size=>14);
+    $format->{'i'}    = $workbook->add_format(italic=>1);
     $format->{'date'} = $workbook->add_format(num_format=>
                                             'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss');
     return $format;
@@ -1240,9 +1241,11 @@ Outputs:
 ###############################################################
 ###############################################################
 sub decode_user_agent {
+    my ($r)=@_;
     my @browsertype=split(/\&/,$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{"lonBrowsDet"});
     my %mathcap=split(/\&/,$$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{"lonMathML"});
     my $httpbrowser=$ENV{"HTTP_USER_AGENT"};
+    if (!$httpbrowser && $r) { $httpbrowser=$r->header_in('User-Agent'); }
     my $clientbrowser='unknown';
     my $clientversion='0';
     my $clientmathml='';
@@ -3102,7 +3105,12 @@ needs $ENV{'form.upfile'} and $ENV{'form
 sub upfile_record_sep {
     if ($ENV{'form.upfiletype'} eq 'xml') {
     } else {
-	return split(/\n/,$ENV{'form.upfile'});
+	my @records;
+	foreach my $line (split(/\n/,$ENV{'form.upfile'})) {
+	    if ($line=~/^\s*$/) { next; }
+	    push(@records,$line);
+	}
+	return @records;
     }
 }