--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/10/05 18:04:17	1.564.2.10
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/10/12 00:16:40	1.564.2.11
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.564.2.10 2007/10/05 18:04:17 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.564.2.11 2007/10/12 00:16:40 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4685,7 +4685,9 @@ Inputs: none
 sub xml_begin {
     my $output='';
 
-    &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::init_htmlareafields();
+    if ($env{'internal.start_page'}==1) {
+	&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::init_htmlareafields();
+    }
 
     if ($env{'browser.mathml'}) {
 	$output='<?xml version="1.0"?>'