--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/04/18 20:55:14	1.341
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/04/18 22:35:41	1.342
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.341 2006/04/18 20:55:14 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.342 2006/04/18 22:35:41 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3143,7 +3143,8 @@ Inputs: none
 sub xml_begin {
     my $output='';
 
-    @Apache::lonxml::htmlareafields=();
+    &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::init_htmlareafields();
+
     if ($env{'browser.mathml'}) {
 	$output='<?xml version="1.0"?>'
             #.'<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/adm/MathML/mathml.css"?>'."\n"