--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2009/12/16 01:42:46	1.927
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2009/12/16 13:00:45	1.928
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.927 2009/12/16 01:42:46 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.928 2009/12/16 13:00:45 bisitz Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1719,10 +1719,13 @@ sub create_workbook {
     my $workbook  = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new('/home/httpd'.$filename);
     if (! defined($workbook)) {
         $r->log_error("Error creating excel spreadsheet $filename: $!");
-        $r->print('<p>'.&mt("Unable to create new Excel file.  ".
-                            "This error has been logged.  ".
-                            "Please alert your LON-CAPA administrator").
-                  '</p>');
+        $r->print(
+            '<p class="LC_error">'
+           .&mt('Problems occurred in creating the new Excel file.')
+           .' '.&mt('This error has been logged.')
+           .' '.&mt('Please alert your LON-CAPA administrator.')
+           .'</p>'
+        );
         return (undef);
     }
     #
@@ -1762,9 +1765,13 @@ sub create_text_file {
     $fh = Apache::File->new('>/home/httpd'.$filename);
     if (! defined($fh)) {
         $r->log_error("Couldn't open $filename for output $!");
-        $r->print(&mt('Problems occurred in creating the output file. '
-                     .'This error has been logged. '
-                     .'Please alert your LON-CAPA administrator.'));
+        $r->print(
+            '<p class="LC_error">'
+           .&mt('Problems occurred in creating the output file.')
+           .' '.&mt('This error has been logged.')
+           .' '.&mt('Please alert your LON-CAPA administrator.')
+           .'</p>'
+        );
     }
     return ($fh,$filename)
 }