--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2013/09/29 00:49:28	1.1157
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2013/11/16 19:56:02	1.1158
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1157 2013/09/29 00:49:28 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1158 2013/11/16 19:56:02 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -9876,12 +9876,13 @@ 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;
             }