--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/08/24 18:41:06	1.568
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/08/26 21:09:43	1.570
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.568 2007/08/24 18:41:06 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.570 2007/08/26 21:09:43 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -5609,7 +5609,7 @@ sub get_secgrprole_info {
 }
 
 sub user_picker {
-    my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser) = @_;
+    my ($dom,$srch,$forcenewuser,$caller) = @_;
     my $currdom = $dom;
     my %curr_selected = (
                         srchin => 'dom',
@@ -5642,6 +5642,7 @@ sub user_picker {
                     'instd'     => 'in institutional directory',
                     'exact'     => 'is',
                     'contains'  => 'contains',
+                    'begins'    => 'begins with',
                                        );
     my $domform = &select_dom_form($currdom,'srchdomain',1,1);
     my $srchinsel = ' <select name="srchin">';
@@ -5677,7 +5678,7 @@ sub user_picker {
     $srchbysel .= "\n  </select>\n";
 
     my $srchtypesel = ' <select name="srchtype">';
-    foreach my $option ('exact','contains') {
+    foreach my $option ('exact','begins','contains') {
         if ($curr_selected{'srchtype'} eq $option) {
             $srchtypesel .= '
    <option value="'.$option.'" selected="selected">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
@@ -5691,29 +5692,29 @@ sub user_picker {
     my ($newuserscript,$new_user_create);
 
     if ($forcenewuser) {
-	$new_user_create = '<p> <input type="submit" name="forcenew" value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode(&mt('Make new user "[_1]"',$srchterm),'<>&"').'" onclick="javascript:setSearch(\'1\');" /> </p>';
+	$new_user_create = '<p> <input type="submit" name="forcenew" value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode(&mt('Make new user "[_1]"',$srchterm),'<>&"').'" onclick="javascript:setSearch(\'1\','.$caller.');" /> </p>';
         $newuserscript = <<"ENDSCRIPT";
 
-function setSearch(createnew) {
+function setSearch(createnew,callingForm) {
     if (createnew == 1) {
-        for (var i=0; i<document.crtuser.srchby.length; i++) {
-            if (document.crtuser.srchby.options[i].value == 'uname') {
-                document.crtuser.srchby.selectedIndex = i;
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchby.length; i++) {
+            if (callingForm.srchby.options[i].value == 'uname') {
+                callingForm.srchby.selectedIndex = i;
             }
         }
-        for (var i=0; i<document.crtuser.srchin.length; i++) {
-            if ( document.crtuser.srchin.options[i].value == 'dom') {
-		document.crtuser.srchin.selectedIndex = i;
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchin.length; i++) {
+            if ( callingForm.srchin.options[i].value == 'dom') {
+		callingForm.srchin.selectedIndex = i;
             }
         }
-        for (var i=0; i<document.crtuser.srchtype.length; i++) {
-            if (document.crtuser.srchtype.options[i].value == 'exact') {
-                document.crtuser.srchtype.selectedIndex = i;
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchtype.length; i++) {
+            if (callingForm.srchtype.options[i].value == 'exact') {
+                callingForm.srchtype.selectedIndex = i;
             }
         }
-        for (var i=0; i<document.crtuser.srchdomain.length; i++) {
-            if (document.crtuser.srchdomain.options[i].value == '$env{'request.role.domain'}') {
-                document.crtuser.srchdomain.selectedIndex = i;
+        for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchdomain.length; i++) {
+            if (callingForm.srchdomain.options[i].value == '$env{'request.role.domain'}') {
+                callingForm.srchdomain.selectedIndex = i;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -5724,21 +5725,21 @@ ENDSCRIPT
 
     my $output = <<"END_BLOCK";
 <script type="text/javascript">
-function validateEntry() {
+function validateEntry(callingForm) {
 
     var checkok = 1;
     var srchin;
-    for (var i=0; i<document.crtuser.srchin.length; i++) {
-	if ( document.crtuser.srchin[i].checked ) {
-	    srchin = document.crtuser.srchin[i].value;
+    for (var i=0; i<callingForm.srchin.length; i++) {
+	if ( callingForm.srchin[i].checked ) {
+	    srchin = callingForm.srchin[i].value;
 	}
     }
 
-    var srchtype = document.crtuser.srchtype.options[document.crtuser.srchtype.selectedIndex].value;
-    var srchby = document.crtuser.srchby.options[document.crtuser.srchby.selectedIndex].value;
-    var srchdomain = document.crtuser.srchdomain.options[document.crtuser.srchdomain.selectedIndex].value;
-    var srchterm =  document.crtuser.srchterm.value;
-    var srchin = document.crtuser.srchin.options[document.crtuser.srchin.selectedIndex].value;
+    var srchtype = callingForm.srchtype.options[callingForm.srchtype.selectedIndex].value;
+    var srchby = callingForm.srchby.options[callingForm.srchby.selectedIndex].value;
+    var srchdomain = callingForm.srchdomain.options[callingForm.srchdomain.selectedIndex].value;
+    var srchterm =  callingForm.srchterm.value;
+    var srchin = callingForm.srchin.options[callingForm.srchin.selectedIndex].value;
     var msg = "";
 
     if (srchterm == "") {
@@ -5746,6 +5747,13 @@ function validateEntry() {
         msg += "You must include some text to search for.\\n";
     }
 
+    if (srchtype== 'begins') {
+        if (srchterm.length < 2) {
+            checkok = 0;
+            msg += "The text you are searching for must contain at least two characters when using a 'begins' type search.\\n";
+        }
+    }
+
     if (srchtype== 'contains') {
         if (srchterm.length < 3) {
             checkok = 0;
@@ -5779,7 +5787,7 @@ function validateEntry() {
         return;
     }
     if (checkok == 1) {
-        document.crtuser.submit();
+        callingForm.submit();
     }
 }