--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2013/09/29 06:57:54	1.1075.2.54
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2013/11/20 05:11:34	1.1075.2.55
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1075.2.54 2013/09/29 06:57:54 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1075.2.55 2013/11/20 05:11:34 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -9861,12 +9861,13 @@ sub ask_for_embedded_content {
         } else {
             $embed_file = $file;
         }
-        my $absolutepath;
-        my $cleaned_file = &clean_path($embed_file);
-        if ($cleaned_file =~ m{^\w+://}) {
+        my ($absolutepath,$cleaned_file);
+        if ($embed_file =~ m{^\w+://}) {
+            $cleaned_file = $embed_file;
             $newfiles{$cleaned_file} = 1;
             $mapping{$cleaned_file} = $embed_file;
         } else {
+            $cleaned_file = &clean_path($embed_file);
             if ($embed_file =~ m{^/}) {
                 $absolutepath = $embed_file;
             }