--- loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2005/07/07 03:56:52	1.104
+++ loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2005/07/07 04:12:01	1.105
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # .helper XML handler to implement the LON-CAPA helper
 #
-# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.104 2005/07/07 03:56:52 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.105 2005/07/07 04:12:01 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3323,11 +3323,15 @@ sub render {
         $paramlevel = 'full';
     }
 
-    my $result = "<form name='helpform' method='get' action='/adm/parmset#$affectedResourceId&$parm_name&$level'>\n";
+    my $result = "<form name='helpform' method='POST' action='/adm/parmset#$affectedResourceId&$parm_name&$level'>\n";
     $result .= "<input type='hidden' name='action' value='settable' />\n";
     $result .= "<input type='hidden' name='dis' value='helper' />\n";
-    $result .= "<input type='hidden' name='pscat' value='".
-	HTML::Entities::encode($vars->{ACTION_TYPE},"'<>&\"") . "' />\n";
+    if ($vars->{ACTION_TYPE} eq 'tries') {
+	$result .= "<input type='hidden' name='pscat' value='maxtries' />\n";
+    } else {
+	$result .= "<input type='hidden' name='pscat' value='".
+	    HTML::Entities::encode($vars->{ACTION_TYPE},"'<>&\"") . "' />\n";
+    }
     if ($vars->{GRANULARITY} eq 'resource') {
 	$result .= "<input type='hidden' name='symb' value='".
 	    HTML::Entities::encode($symb,"'<>&\"") . "' />\n";