--- loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2006/05/05 14:35:44	1.140
+++ loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2009/06/12 15:31:30	1.174
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # .helper XML handler to implement the LON-CAPA helper
 #
-# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.140 2006/05/05 14:35:44 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.174 2009/06/12 15:31:30 bisitz Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -81,25 +81,28 @@ State tags are also required to have an
 human name of the state, and will be displayed as the header on top of 
 the screen for the user.
 
+State tags may also optionally have an attribute "help" which should be
+the filename of a help file, this will add a blue ? to the title.
+
 =head2 Example Helper Skeleton
 
 An example of the tags so far:
 
  <helper title="Example Helper">
    <state name="START" title="Demonstrating the Example Helper">
-     <!-- notice this is the START state the wizard requires -->
+     <!-- notice this is the START state the helper requires -->
      </state>
    <state name="GET_NAME" title="Enter Student Name">
      </state>
    </helper>
 
-Of course this does nothing. In order for the wizard to do something, it is
-necessary to put actual elements into the wizard. Documentation for each
+Of course this does nothing. In order for the helper to do something, it is
+necessary to put actual elements into the helper. Documentation for each
 of these elements follows.
 
 =head1 Creating a Helper With Code, Not XML
 
-In some situations, such as the printing wizard (see lonprintout.pm), 
+In some situations, such as the printing helper (see lonprintout.pm), 
 writing the helper in XML would be too complicated, because of scope 
 issues or the fact that the code actually outweighs the XML. It is
 possible to create a helper via code, though it is a little odd.
@@ -183,7 +186,11 @@ use Apache::File;
 use Apache::lonxml;
 use Apache::lonlocal;
 use Apache::lonnet;
+use Apache::longroup;
+use Apache::lonselstudent;
+
 
+use LONCAPA;
 
 # Register all the tags with the helper, so the helper can 
 # push and pop them
@@ -332,7 +339,8 @@ sub start_state {
     }
 
     Apache::lonhelper::state->new($token->[2]{'name'},
-                                  $token->[2]{'title'});
+                                  $token->[2]{'title'},
+				  $token->[2]{'help'});
     return '';
 }
 
@@ -362,6 +370,7 @@ use Apache::loncommon;
 use Apache::File;
 use Apache::lonlocal;
 use Apache::lonnet;
+use LONCAPA;
 
 sub new {
     my $proto = shift;
@@ -467,9 +476,8 @@ sub _saveVars {
 sub _varsInFile {
     my $self = shift;
     my @vars = ();
-    for my $key (keys %{$self->{VARS}}) {
-        push @vars, &Apache::lonnet::escape($key) . '=' .
-            &Apache::lonnet::escape($self->{VARS}->{$key});
+    for my $key (keys(%{$self->{VARS}})) {
+        push(@vars, &escape($key) . '=' . &escape($self->{VARS}->{$key}));
     }
     return join ('&', @vars);
 }
@@ -484,7 +492,7 @@ sub declareVar {
         $self->{VARS}->{$var} = '';
     }
 
-    my $envname = 'form.' . $var . '.forminput';
+    my $envname = 'form.' . $var . '_forminput';
     if (defined($env{$envname})) {
         if (ref($env{$envname})) {
             $self->{VARS}->{$var} = join('|||', @{$env{$envname}});
@@ -523,7 +531,7 @@ sub process {
     # Phase 1: Post processing for state of previous screen (which is actually
     # the "current state" in terms of the helper variables), if it wasn't the 
     # beginning state.
-    if ($self->{STATE} ne "START" || $env{"form.SUBMIT"} eq &mt("Next ->")) {
+    if ($self->{STATE} ne "START" || $env{"form.SUBMIT"} eq &mt("Next")) {
 	my $prevState = $self->{STATES}{$self->{STATE}};
         $prevState->postprocess();
     }
@@ -575,23 +583,36 @@ sub display {
 
     # Phase 4: Display.
     my $stateTitle=&mt($state->title());
+    my $stateHelp=     $state->help();
     my $browser_searcher_js = 
 	'<script type="text/javascript">'."\n".
 	&Apache::loncommon::browser_and_searcher_javascript().
 	"\n".'</script>';
 
+    # Breadcrumbs
+    my $brcrum = [{'href' => '',
+                   'text' => 'Helper'}];
+    # FIXME: Dynamically add context sensitive breadcrumbs
+    #        depending on the caller,
+    #        e.g. printing, parametrization, etc.
+    # FIXME: Add breadcrumbs to reflect current helper state
+
     $result .= &Apache::loncommon::start_page($self->{TITLE},
-					      $browser_searcher_js);
-    
-    my $previous = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("<- Previous"), '<>&"');
-    my $next = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("Next ->"), '<>&"');
+                                              $browser_searcher_js,
+                                              {'bread_crumbs' => $brcrum,});
+
+    my $previous = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("Back"), '<>&"');
+    my $next = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("Next"), '<>&"');
     # FIXME: This should be parameterized, not concatenated - Jeremy
 
 
-    if (!$state->overrideForm()) { $result.="<form name='helpform' method='POST'>"; }
+    if (!$state->overrideForm()) { $result.='<form name="helpform" method="post">'; }
+    if ($stateHelp) {
+	$stateHelp = &Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic($stateHelp);
+    }
     $result .= <<HEADER;
         <table border="0" width='100%'><tr><td>
-        <h2><i>$stateTitle</i></h2>
+        <h2><i>$stateTitle</i>$stateHelp</h2>
 HEADER
 
     $result .= "<table cellpadding='10' width='100%'><tr><td rowspan='2' valign='top'>";
@@ -614,9 +635,9 @@ HEADER
             $result .= "<a href=\"$returnPage\">" . &mt("End Helper") . "</a>";
         }
         else {
-            $result .= '<nobr><input name="back" type="button" ';
+            $result .= '<span class="LC_nobreak"><input name="back" type="button" ';
             $result .= 'value="' . $previous . '" onclick="history.go(-1)" /> ';
-            $result .= '<input name="SUBMIT" type="submit" value="' . $next . '" /></nobr>';
+            $result .= '<input name="SUBMIT" type="submit" value="' . $next . '" /></span>';
         }
     }
 
@@ -633,9 +654,9 @@ HEADER
             $result .= "<a href=\"$returnPage\">" . &mt('End Helper') . "</a>";
         }
         else {
-            $result .= '<nobr><input name="back" type="button" ';
+            $result .= '<span class="LC_nobreak"><input name="back" type="button" ';
             $result .= 'value="' . $previous . '" onclick="history.go(-1)" /> ';
-            $result .= '<input name="SUBMIT" type="submit" value="' . $next . '" /></nobr>';
+            $result .= '<input name="SUBMIT" type="submit" value="' . $next . '" /></span>';
         }
     }
 
@@ -678,6 +699,7 @@ sub new {
 
     $self->{NAME} = shift;
     $self->{TITLE} = shift;
+    $self->{HELP} = shift;
     $self->{ELEMENTS} = [];
 
     bless($self, $class);
@@ -699,6 +721,11 @@ sub title {
     return $self->{TITLE};
 }
 
+sub help {
+    my $self = shift;
+    return $self->{HELP};
+}
+
 sub preprocess {
     my $self = shift;
     for my $element (@{$self->{ELEMENTS}}) {
@@ -790,7 +817,7 @@ the element. How this value is interpret
 the element itself, and possibly the settings the element has (such as 
 multichoice vs. single choice for <choices> tags). 
 
-This is also intended for things like the course initialization wizard, where the
+This is also intended for things like the course initialization helper, where the
 user is setting various parameters. By correctly grabbing current settings 
 and including them into the helper, it allows the user to come back to the
 helper later and re-execute it, without needing to worry about overwriting
@@ -992,6 +1019,9 @@ sub start_message {
     if (defined($token->[2]{'nextstate'})) {
         $paramHash->{NEXTSTATE} = $token->[2]{'nextstate'};
     }
+    if (defined($token->[2]{'type'})) {
+        $paramHash->{TYPE} = $token->[2]{'type'};
+    }
     return '';
 }
 
@@ -1007,8 +1037,16 @@ sub end_message {
 
 sub render {
     my $self = shift;
-
-    return &mtn($self->{MESSAGE_TEXT});
+    
+    if ($self->{TYPE} =~ /^\s*warning\s*$/i) {
+	 $self->{MESSAGE_TEXT} = 
+	     '<span class="LC_warning">'. $self->{MESSAGE_TEXT}.'</span>';
+    }
+    if ($self->{TYPE} =~ /^\s*error\s*$/i) {
+	 $self->{MESSAGE_TEXT} = 
+	     '<span class="LC_error">'. $self->{MESSAGE_TEXT}.'</span>';
+    }
+    return $self->{MESSAGE_TEXT};
 }
 # If a NEXTSTATE was given, switch to it
 sub postprocess {
@@ -1021,6 +1059,175 @@ sub postprocess {
 }
 1;
 
+package Apache::lonhelper::helpicon;
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 Elements
+
+=head2 Element: helpiconX<helpicon, helper element>
+
+Helpicon elements add a help icon at the current location.
+Example:
+
+   <helpicon file="Help">
+     General Help
+   </helpicon>
+
+In this example will generate a help icon to the Help.hlp url with a
+description of 'General Help'. The description is not required and if
+left out (Example: <helpicon file="Help" /> only the icon will be
+added.)
+
+=head3 Localization
+
+The description text will be run through the normalize_string function
+and that will be used as a call to &mt.
+
+=cut
+
+no strict;
+@ISA = ("Apache::lonhelper::element");
+use strict;
+use Apache::lonlocal;
+
+BEGIN {
+    &Apache::lonhelper::register('Apache::lonhelper::helpicon',
+				 ('helpicon'));
+}
+
+sub new {
+    my $ref = Apache::lonhelper::element->new();
+    bless($ref);
+}
+
+# CONSTRUCTION: Construct the message element from the XML
+sub start_helpicon {
+    my ($target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
+
+    if ($target ne 'helper') {
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    $paramHash->{HELP_TEXT} = &mtn(&Apache::lonxml::get_all_text('/helpicon',
+								 $parser));
+
+    $paramHash->{HELP_TEXT} =~s/^\s+//;
+    $paramHash->{HELP_TEXT} =~s/\s+$//;
+
+    if (defined($token->[2]{'file'})) {
+        $paramHash->{HELP_FILE} = $token->[2]{'file'};
+    }
+    return '';
+}
+
+sub end_helpicon {
+    my ($target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
+
+    if ($target ne 'helper') {
+        return '';
+    }
+    Apache::lonhelper::helpicon->new();
+    return '';
+}
+
+sub render {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    my $text;
+    if ( $self->{HELP_TEXT} ne '') {
+	$text=&mtn($self->{HELP_TEXT});
+    }
+
+    return &Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic($self->{HELP_FILE},
+					       $text);
+}
+sub postprocess {
+    my $self = shift;
+    if (defined($self->{NEXTSTATE})) {
+        $helper->changeState($self->{NEXTSTATE});
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+1;
+
+package Apache::lonhelper::skip;
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 Elements
+
+=head2 Element: skipX<skip>
+
+The <skip> tag allows you define conditions under which the current state 
+should be skipped over and define what state to skip to.
+
+  <state name="SKIP">
+    <skip>
+       <clause>
+         #some code that decides whether to skip the state or not
+       </clause>
+       <nextstate>FINISH</nextstate>
+    </skip>
+    <message nextstate="FINISH">A possibly skipped state</message>
+  </state>
+
+=cut
+
+no strict;
+@ISA = ("Apache::lonhelper::element");
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN {
+    &Apache::lonhelper::register('Apache::lonhelper::skip',
+				 ('skip'));
+}
+
+sub new {
+    my $ref = Apache::lonhelper::element->new();
+    bless($ref);
+}
+
+sub start_skip {
+    my ($target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
+
+    if ($target ne 'helper') {
+        return '';
+    }
+    # let <cluase> know what text to skip to
+    $paramHash->{SKIPTAG}='/skip';
+    return '';
+}
+
+sub end_skip {
+    my ($target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
+
+    if ($target ne 'helper') {
+        return '';
+    }
+    Apache::lonhelper::skip->new();
+    return '';
+}
+
+sub render {
+    my $self = shift;
+    return '';
+}
+# If a NEXTSTATE is set, switch to it
+sub preprocess {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+
+    if (defined($self->{NEXTSTATE})) {
+        $helper->changeState($self->{NEXTSTATE});
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+1;
+
 package Apache::lonhelper::choices;
 
 =pod
@@ -1203,7 +1410,7 @@ sub render {
     function checkall(value, checkName) {
 	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
             ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-            if (ele.name == checkName + '.forminput') {
+            if (ele.name == checkName + '_forminput') {
                 document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=value;
             }
         }
@@ -1276,7 +1483,7 @@ BUTTONS
     foreach my $choice (@{$self->{CHOICES}}) {
         my $id = &new_id();
         $result .= "<tr>\n<td width='20'>&nbsp;</td>\n";
-        $result .= "<td valign='top'><input type='$type' name='$var.forminput'"
+        $result .= "<td valign='top'><input type='$type' name='${var}_forminput'"
             . " value='" . 
             HTML::Entities::encode($choice->[1],"<>&\"'") 
             . "'";
@@ -1292,10 +1499,10 @@ BUTTONS
             $choiceLabel = &$choiceLabel($helper, $self);
         }
         $result .= "/></td><td> ".qq{<label for="id$id">}.
-            $choiceLabel. "</label></td>";
+	    $choiceLabel. "</label></td>";
 	if ($choice->[4]) {
 	    $result .='<td><input type="text" size="5" name="'
-		.$choice->[4].'.forminput" value="'
+		.$choice->[4].'_forminput" value="'
                 .$choice->[5].'" /></td>';
 	}
 	$result .= "</tr>\n";
@@ -1310,7 +1517,8 @@ BUTTONS
 # given, switch to it
 sub postprocess {
     my $self = shift;
-    my $chosenValue = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '.forminput'};
+    my $chosenValue = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '_forminput'};
+
 
     if (!defined($chosenValue) && !$self->{'allowempty'}) {
         $self->{ERROR_MSG} = 
@@ -1318,6 +1526,8 @@ sub postprocess {
         return 0;
     }
 
+
+
     if (ref($chosenValue)) {
         $helper->{VARS}->{$self->{'variable'}} = join('|||', @$chosenValue);
     }
@@ -1334,7 +1544,7 @@ sub postprocess {
         }
 	if ($choice->[4]) {
 	    my $varname = $choice->[4];
-	    $helper->{'VARS'}->{$varname} = $env{'form.'."$varname.forminput"};
+	    $helper->{'VARS'}->{$varname} = $env{'form.'."${varname}_forminput"};
 	}
     }
     return 1;
@@ -1443,7 +1653,7 @@ sub render {
 	$checkedChoices{$self->{CHOICES}->[0]->[1]} = 1;
     }
 
-    $result .= "<select name='${var}.forminput'>\n";
+    $result .= "<select name='${var}_forminput'>\n";
     foreach my $choice (@{$self->{CHOICES}}) {
         $result .= "<option value='" . 
             HTML::Entities::encode($choice->[1],"<>&\"'") 
@@ -1469,7 +1679,7 @@ sub render {
 # given, switch to it
 sub postprocess {
     my $self = shift;
-    my $chosenValue = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '.forminput'};
+    my $chosenValue = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '_forminput'};
 
     if (!defined($chosenValue) && !$self->{'allowempty'}) {
         $self->{ERROR_MSG} = "You must choose one or more choices to" .
@@ -1529,7 +1739,7 @@ no strict;
 use strict;
 use Apache::lonlocal; # A localization nightmare
 use Apache::lonnet;
-use Time::localtime;
+use DateTime;
 
 BEGIN {
     &Apache::lonhelper::register('Apache::lonhelper::date',
@@ -1579,14 +1789,13 @@ sub render {
     my $time=time;
     my ($anytime,$onclick);
 
-
     # first check VARS for a valid new value from the user
     # then check DEFAULT_VALUE for a valid default time value
     # otherwise pick now as reasonably good time
 
     if (defined($helper->{VARS}{$var})
 	&&  $helper->{VARS}{$var} > 0) {
-	$date = localtime($helper->{VARS}{$var});
+        $date = &get_date_object($helper->{VARS}{$var}); 
     } elsif (defined($self->{DEFAULT_VALUE})) {
         my $valueFunc = eval($self->{DEFAULT_VALUE});
         die('Error in default value code for variable ' . 
@@ -1594,22 +1803,20 @@ sub render {
         $time = &$valueFunc($helper, $self);
 	if (lc($time) eq 'anytime') {
 	    $anytime=1;
-	    $date = localtime(time);
+	    $date = &get_date_object(time);
 	    $date->min(0);
 	} elsif (defined($time) && $time ne 0) {
-	    $date = localtime($time);
+	    $date = &get_date_object($time);
 	} else {
 	    # leave date undefined so it'll default to now
 	}
     }
 
     if (!defined($date)) {
-	$date = localtime(time);
+	$date = &get_date_object(time);
 	$date->min(0);
     }
 
-    &Apache::lonnet::logthis("date mode ");
-
     if ($anytime) {
 	$onclick = "onclick=\"javascript:updateCheck(this.form,'${var}anytime',false)\"";
     }
@@ -1623,12 +1830,12 @@ sub render {
     my $i;
     $result .= "<select $onclick name='${var}month'>\n";
     for ($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++) {
-        if ($i == $date->mon) {
+        if (($i + 1) == $date->mon) {
             $result .= "<option value='$i' selected='selected'>";
         } else {
             $result .= "<option value='$i'>";
         }
-        $result .= &mt($months[$i]) . "</option>\n";
+        $result .= &mt($months[$i])."</option>\n";
     }
     $result .= "</select>\n";
 
@@ -1647,7 +1854,7 @@ sub render {
     # Year
     $result .= "<select $onclick name='${var}year'>\n";
     for ($i = 2000; $i < 2030; $i++) { # update this after 64-bit dates
-        if ($date->year + 1900 == $i) {
+        if ($date->year == $i) {
             $result .= "<option selected='selected'>";
         } else {
             $result .= "<option>";
@@ -1702,6 +1909,7 @@ sub render {
         }
         $result .= "</select>\n";
     }
+    $result  .= ' '.$date->time_zone_short_name().' ';
     if ($self->{'anytime'}) {
 	$result.=(<<CHECK);
 <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -1729,7 +1937,8 @@ sub postprocess {
     if ($env{'form.' . $var . 'anytime'}) {
 	$helper->{VARS}->{$var} = undef;
     } else {
-	my $month = $env{'form.' . $var . 'month'}; 
+	my $month = $env{'form.' . $var . 'month'};
+        $month ++;
 	my $day = $env{'form.' . $var . 'day'}; 
 	my $year = $env{'form.' . $var . 'year'}; 
 	my $min = 0; 
@@ -1739,25 +1948,40 @@ sub postprocess {
 	    $hour = $env{'form.' . $var . 'hour'};
 	}
 
-	my $chosenDate;
-	eval {$chosenDate = Time::Local::timelocal(0, $min, $hour, $day, $month, $year);};
+	my ($chosenDate,$checkDate);
+        my $timezone = &Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone();
+        my $dt;
+	eval {
+               $dt = DateTime->new( year   => $year,
+                                    month  => $month,
+                                    day    => $day,
+                                    hour   => $hour,
+                                    minute => $min,
+                                    second => 0,
+                                    time_zone => $timezone,
+                             );
+        };
+
 	my $error = $@;
+        if (!$error) {
+            $chosenDate  = $dt->epoch;
+            $checkDate = &get_date_object($chosenDate);
+        }
 
 	# Check to make sure that the date was not automatically co-erced into a 
 	# valid date, as we want to flag that as an error
 	# This happens for "Feb. 31", for instance, which is coerced to March 2 or
 	# 3, depending on if it's a leap year
-	my $checkDate = localtime($chosenDate);
 	
 	if ($error || $checkDate->mon != $month || $checkDate->mday != $day ||
-	    $checkDate->year + 1900 != $year) {
+	    $checkDate->year != $year) {
 	    unless (Apache::lonlocal::current_language()== ~/^en/) {
 		$self->{ERROR_MSG} = &mt("Invalid date entry");
 		return 0;
 	    }
 	    # LOCALIZATION FIXME: Needs to be parameterized
-	    $self->{ERROR_MSG} = "Can't use " . $months[$month] . " $day, $year as a "
-		. "date because it doesn't exist. Please enter a valid date.";
+	    $self->{ERROR_MSG} = "Can't use ".$months[$env{'form.'.$var.'month'}].                                 " $day, $year as a ".
+		                 "date because it doesn't exist. Please enter a valid date.";
 
 	    return 0;
 	}
@@ -1780,6 +2004,20 @@ sub postprocess {
 
     return 1;
 }
+
+sub get_date_object {
+    my ($epoch) = @_;
+    my $dt = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $epoch)
+                     ->set_time_zone(&Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone());
+    my $lang = Apache::lonlocal::current_language();
+    if ($lang ne '') {
+        eval {
+            $dt->set_locale($lang);
+        };
+    }
+    return $dt;
+}
+
 1;
 
 package Apache::lonhelper::resource;
@@ -1806,7 +2044,8 @@ folders that have all of their contained
 be filtered out. The 'addstatus' attribute, if true, will add the icon
 and long status display columns to the display. The 'addparts'
 attribute will add in a part selector beside problems that have more
-than 1 part.
+than 1 part. The 'includecourse' attribute if true, will include
+the toplevel default.sequence in the results.
 
 =head3 SUB-TAGS
 
@@ -1879,6 +2118,7 @@ sub start_resource {
 	$helper->declareVar($paramHash->{'variable'}.'_part');
     }
     $paramHash->{'closeallpages'} = $token->[2]{'closeallpages'};
+    $paramHash->{'include_top_level_map'} = $token->[2]{'includecourse'};
     return '';
 }
 
@@ -2024,7 +2264,7 @@ sub render {
     function checkall(value, checkName) {
 	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
             ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-            if (ele.name == checkName + '.forminput') {
+            if (ele.name == checkName + '_forminput') {
                 document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=value;
             }
         }
@@ -2123,12 +2363,12 @@ BUTTONS
 		    }
 		    $col .= 
                         "<td align='center'><input type='checkbox' name ='$option_var".
-			".forminput' value='".
+			"_forminput' value='".
 			$resource_name . "' $checked /> </td>";
 		}
 	    }
 
-            $col .= "<td align='center'><input type='$inputType' name='${var}.forminput' ";
+            $col .= "<td align='center'><input type='$inputType' name='${var}_forminput' ";
 	    if (%defaultSymbs) {
 		my $symb=$resource->symb();
 		if (exists($defaultSymbs{$symb})) {
@@ -2157,7 +2397,7 @@ BUTTONS
 	my $resource_name =   
 	    &HTML::Entities::encode(&$valueFunc($resource),"<>&\"'");
 	if ($addparts && (scalar(@{$resource->parts}) > 1)) {
-	    $col .= "<select onclick=\"javascript:updateRadio(this.form,'${var}.forminput','$resource_name');updateHidden(this.form,'$id','${var}');\" name='part_$id.forminput'>\n";
+	    $col .= "<select onclick=\"javascript:updateRadio(this.form,'${var}_forminput','$resource_name');updateHidden(this.form,'$id','${var}');\" name='part_${id}_forminput'>\n";
 	    $col .= "<option value=\"$part\">All Parts</option>\n";
 	    foreach my $part (@{$resource->parts}) {
 		$col .= "<option value=\"$part\">Part: $part</option>\n";
@@ -2179,14 +2419,14 @@ BUTTONS
 	}
     }
     function updateHidden(form,id,name) {
-	var select=form['part_'+id+'.forminput'];
-	var hidden=form[name+'_part.forminput'];
+	var select=form['part_'+id+'_forminput'];
+	var hidden=form[name+'_part_forminput'];
 	var which=select.selectedIndex;
 	hidden.value=select.options[which].value;
     }
 // -->
 </script>
-<input type="hidden" name="${var}_part.forminput" />
+<input type="hidden" name="${var}_part_forminput" />
 
 RADIO
     $env{'form.condition'} = !$self->{'toponly'};
@@ -2204,6 +2444,7 @@ RADIO
                                        'resource_no_folder_link' => 1,
 				       'closeAllPages' => $self->{'closeallpages'},
                                        'suppressEmptySequences' => $self->{'suppressEmptySequences'},
+				       'include_top_level_map' => $self->{'include_top_level_map'},
                                        'iterator_map' => $mapUrl }
                                        );
 
@@ -2219,6 +2460,21 @@ sub postprocess {
         $self->{ERROR_MSG} = 'You must choose at least one resource to continue.';
         return 0;
     }
+    # For each of the attached options.  If it's env var is undefined, set it to
+    # an empty string instead.. an undef'd env var means no choices selected.
+    #
+
+    my $option_vars = $self->{OPTION_VARS};
+    if ($option_vars) {
+	foreach my $var (@$option_vars) {
+	    my $env_name = "form.".$var."_forminput";
+	    if (!defined($env{$env_name})) {
+		$env{$env_name} = '';
+		$helper->{VARS}->{$var} = '';
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
 
     if (defined($self->{NEXTSTATE})) {
         $helper->changeState($self->{NEXTSTATE});
@@ -2275,119 +2531,6 @@ use strict;
 use Apache::lonlocal;
 use Apache::lonnet;
 
-#
-#  Utility function used when rendering the <student> tag.
-#  This function renders a segment of course personel
-#  Personel are broken up by the helper into past, current and
-#  future...each one gets is own subpage of selection.
-#  This sub renders one of these pages.
-#  Parameters:
-#     $sections    - Set of sections in the course (hash reference).
-#     $students    - Students in the section. (ref to array of references
-#                    to arrays).
-#     $formprefix  - form path prefix for form element names
-#                    This is used to make each form element
-#                    so that the segments having to do with each
-#                    set of students won't collide.
-#     $defaultusers - reference to a hash containng
-#                     the set of users that should be on or off.
-#  Returns:
-#     HTML  text to add to the rendering of the helper.
-#
-sub render_student_list {
-    my ($self,
-	$sections, $students, $formprefix, $defaultusers) = @_;
-
-    my $multiselect = $self->{'multichoice'};
-    my $result = "";
-
-    # If multiple selections are allowed, we have a listbox
-    # at the top which allows quick selections from each section
-    # as well as from categories of personnel.
-
-    if ($multiselect) {
-	$result .= '<table><tr><td>';
-
-	my $size = scalar(keys(%$sections));
-	$size += 3;		# We have allstudents allpersonel nosection too.
-	if ($size > 5) { 
-	    $size = 5; 
-	}
-	$result .= '<select multiple name="'.$formprefix
-	    .'.chosensections" size="'.$size.'">'."\n";
-	$result .= '<option name="allstudents">All Students</option>';
-	$result .= '<option name="allpersonnel">All Course Personnel</option>';
-	$result .= '<option name="nosection">No Section</option>';
-	$result .= "\n";
-	foreach my $sec (sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b)} (keys(%$sections))) {
-	    $result .= '<option name="'.$sec.'">'.$sec.'</option>'."\n";
-	}
-	$result .= '</td><td valign="top">';
-	$result .= '<input type="button" name="'.$formprefix.'.select" value="Select" onclick='
-	    ."'selectSections(\"$formprefix.chosensections\")'".' /></td>';
-	$result .= '<td valign="top"><input type="button" name="'.$formprefix
-	    .'.unselect" value="Unselect"  onclick='.
-	    "'unselectSections(\"$formprefix.chosensections\")' ".' /></td></tr></table>';
-    }
-
-    #  Now we list the students, but the form element type
-    #  will depend on whether or not multiselect is true.
-    #  True -> checkboxes.
-    #  False -> radiobuttons.
-
-    $result .= "<table border=\"2\">\n";
-    $result .= '<tr><th></th><th align="center">Name</th>'."\n";
-    $result .= '    <th align="center">Section</th>'."\n";
-    $result .= '    <th align="center">Status</th>'."\n";
-    $result .= '    <th align="center">Role</th>'."\n";
-    $result .= '    <th align="center">Username : Domain</th></tr>'."\n";
-
-    my $input_type;
-    if ($multiselect) {
-	$input_type = "checkbox";
-    } else {
-	$input_type = "radio";
-    }
-
-    my $checked = 0;
-    for my $student (@$students) {
-	$result .= '<tr><td><input type="'.$input_type.'"  name="'.
-	    $self->{'variable'}.".forminput".'"';
-	my $user    = $student->[0];
-
-	# Figure out which students are checked by default...
-	
-	if(%$defaultusers) {
-	    if (exists ($defaultusers->{$user})) {
-		$result .= ' checked ="checked" ';
-		$checked = 1;
-	    }
-	} elsif (!$self->{'multichoice'} && !$checked) {
-	    $result .= ' checked="checked" ';
-	    $checked = 1;	# First one for radio if no default specified.
-	}
-	$result .= ' value="'. HTML::Entities::encode($user .          ':'
-						      .$student->[2] . ':'
-						      .$student->[1] . ':'
-						      .$student->[3] . ':'
-						      .$student->[4], "<>&\"'")
-	    ."\" /></td><td>\n";
-	$result .= HTML::Entities::encode($student->[1], '<>&"')
-	        . '</td><td align="center" >'."\n";
-	$result .= HTML::Entities::encode($student->[2], '<>&"')
-   	        . '</td><td align="center">'."\n";
-	$result .= HTML::Entities::encode($student->[3], '<>&"')
-	        . '</td><td align="center">'."\n";
-	$result .= HTML::Entities::encode($student->[4], '<>&"')
-  	        . '</td><td align="center">'."\n";
-	$result .= HTML::Entities::encode($student->[0], '<>&"')
-	        . '</td></tr>'."\n";
-    }
-    $result .=" </table> <br /> <hr />\n";
-
-    return $result;
-}
-
 BEGIN {
     &Apache::lonhelper::register('Apache::lonhelper::student',
                               ('student'));
@@ -2432,206 +2575,6 @@ sub render {
     my $buttons = '';
     my $var = $self->{'variable'};
 
-    if ($self->{'multichoice'}) {
-        $result = <<SCRIPT;
-<script type="text/javascript">
-// <!--
-
-    function findElement(name) {
-	var i;
-	var ele;
-	for(i =0; i < document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-	    ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-	    if(ele.name == name) {
-		return ele;
-	    }
-	}
-	return null;
-    }
-    function isStudent(element) {
-	if(element.value.indexOf(":Student") != -1) {
-	    return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-    }
-    function section(element) {
-	var i;
-	var info;
-	if (element.value.indexOf(':') != -1) {
-	    info = element.value.split(':');
-	    return info[2];
-	} else {
-	    return "";
-	}
-    }
-
-    function setAllStudents(value) {
-	var i;
-	var ele;
-	for (i =0; i < document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-	    ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-	    if(isStudent(ele)) {
-		ele.checked=value;
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-    function setAllCoursePersonnel(value) {
-	var i;
-	var ele;
-	for (i =0; i < document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-	    ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-	    if(!isStudent(ele)) {
-		ele.checked = value;
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-    function setSection(which, value) {
-	var i;
-	var ele;
-	for (i =0; i < document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-	    ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-	    if (ele.value.indexOf(':') != -1) {
-		if (section(ele) == which) {
-		    ele.checked = value;
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    function setCheckboxes(listbox, value) {
-	var k;
-	var elem;
-	var what;
-        elem = findElement(listbox);
-	if (elem != null) {
-	    for (k = 0; k < elem.length; k++) {
-		if (elem.options[k].selected) {
-		    what = elem.options[k].text;
-		    if (what == 'All Students') {
-			setAllStudents(value);
-		    } else if (what == 'All Course Personnel') {
-			setAllCoursePersonnel(value);
-		    } else if (what == 'No Section') {
-			setSection('',value);
-		    } else {
-			setSection(what, value);
-		    }
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-    function selectSections(listbox) {
-	setCheckboxes(listbox, true);
-
-    }
-    function unselectSections(listbox) {
-	setCheckboxes(listbox, false);
-    }
-    /* ----------------------------- */
-    
-    function checkall(value, checkName) {
-	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-            ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-            if (ele.name == checkName + '.forminput') {
-                document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=value;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    function checksec(value) {
-	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-	    comp = document.forms.helpform.elements.chksec.value;
-            if (document.forms.helpform.elements[i].value.indexOf(':'+comp+':') != -1) {
-		if (document.forms.helpform.elements[i].value.indexOf(':Active') != -1) {
-		    document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=value;
-		}
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    function checkactive() {
-	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-            if (document.forms.helpform.elements[i].value.indexOf(':Active') != -1) {
-                document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=true;
-            } 
-        }
-    }
-    function checkexpired()  {
-	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-            if (document.forms.helpform.elements[i].value.indexOf(':Expired') != -1) {
-                document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=true;
-            } 
-        }
-    }
-    function uncheckexpired() {
-	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
-            if (document.forms.helpform.elements[i].value.indexOf(':Expired') != -1) {
-                document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=false;
-            } 
-        }
-    }
-    function getDesiredState() {     // Return desired person state radio value.
-        numRadio = document.forms.helpform.personstate.length;
-        for (i =0; i < numRadio; i++) {
-	    if (document.forms.helpform.personstate[i].checked) {
-                return document.forms.helpform.personstate[i].value;
-            }
-        }
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    function checksections(value) {    // Check selected sections.
-        numSections  = document.forms.helpform.chosensections.length;
-	desiredState = getDesiredState();
-
-	for (var option = 0; option < numSections; option++) {
-	    if(document.forms.helpform.chosensections.options[option].selected) {
-		section = document.forms.helpform.chosensections.options[option].text;
-		if (section == "none") {
-		    section ="";
-		}
-		for (i = 0; i < document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++ ) {
-		    if (document.forms.helpform.elements[i].value.indexOf(':') != -1) {
-			info = document.forms.helpform.elements[i].value.split(':');
-			hisSection = info[2];
-			hisState   = info[4];
-			if (desiredState == hisState ||
-			    desiredState == "All") {
-			    if(hisSection == section ||
-			       section =="" ) {
-				document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked = value;
-			    }
-			}
-		    }
-		}
-            }
-	}
-				   }
-// -->
-</script>
-SCRIPT
-
-        my %lt=&Apache::lonlocal::texthash(
-                    'ocs'  => "Select Only Current Students",
-                    'ues'  => "Unselect Expired Students",
-                    'sas'  => "Select All Students",
-                    'uas'  => "Unselect All Students",
-                    'sfsg' => "Select Current Students for Section/Group",
-		    'ufsg' => "Unselect for Section/Group");
- 
-        $buttons = <<BUTTONS;
-<br />
-<table>
-  
-  <tr>
-     <td><input type="button" onclick="checkall(true, '$var')" value="$lt{'sas'}" /></td>
-     <td> <input type="button" onclick="checkall(false, '$var')" value="$lt{'uas'}" /><br /></td>
-  </tr>
-  
-</table>
-<br />
-BUTTONS
-#    $result .= $buttons;   
-
-}
 
     if (defined $self->{ERROR_MSG}) {
         $result .= '<font color="#FF0000">' . $self->{ERROR_MSG} . '</font><br /><br />';
@@ -2651,143 +2594,60 @@ BUTTONS
     }
 
 
+    my ($course_personnel, 
+	$current_members, 
+	$expired_members, 
+	$future_members) = 
+	    &Apache::lonselstudent::get_people_in_class($env{'request.course.sec'});
 
-    # my $choices = [];
-
-    #
-    #  We need to parcel out the personel in to three arrays:
-    #   $current_members[] - Contains those whose roles are currently active.
-    #   $expired_members[] - Contains those whose roles have expired.
-    #   $future_members[]  - Contains those whose roles will become active in the
-    #                        future.
-    #
-    # Constants
-    my $section    = &Apache::loncoursedata::CL_SECTION();
-    my $fullname   = &Apache::loncoursedata::CL_FULLNAME();
-    my $status     = &Apache::loncoursedata::CL_STATUS();
-    my $start_date = &Apache::loncoursedata::CL_START();
-
-    my $current_members = [];
-    my $expired_members = [];
-    my $future_members  = [];
 
 
     # Load up the non-students, if necessary
-    if ($self->{'coursepersonnel'}) {
-	my %coursepersonnel = Apache::lonnet::get_course_adv_roles();
-	for (sort keys %coursepersonnel) {
-	    for my $role (split /,/, $coursepersonnel{$_}) {
-		# extract the names so we can sort them
-		my @people;
-		
-		for (split /,/, $role) {
-		    push @people, [split /:/, $role];
-		}
-		
-		@people = sort { $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] } @people;
-		
-		for my $person (@people) {
-		    push @$current_members, [join(':', @$person), $person->[0], '', $_];
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-
-    # Load up the students
-    my $classlist = &Apache::loncoursedata::get_classlist();
-    my @keys = keys %{$classlist};
-    # Sort by: Section, name
-    @keys = sort {
-        if ($classlist->{$a}->[$section] ne $classlist->{$b}->[$section]) {
-            return $classlist->{$a}->[$section] cmp $classlist->{$b}->[$section];
-        }
-        return $classlist->{$a}->[$fullname] cmp $classlist->{$b}->[$fullname];
-    } @keys;
- 
-
-
-
-    for (@keys) {
-
-	if ( $classlist->{$_}->[$status] eq
-	    'Active') {
-	    push @$current_members, [$_, $classlist->{$_}->[$fullname], 
-			     $classlist->{$_}->[$section],
-			     $classlist->{$_}->[$status], 'Student'];
-	} else {
-	    #  Need to figure out if this user is future or
-	    #  Expired... If the start date is in the future
-	    #  the user is future...else expired.
-	    
-	    my $now = time;
-	    if ($classlist->{$_}->[$start_date] > $now) {
-		push @$future_members, [$_, $classlist->{$_}->[$fullname],
-					$classlist->{$_}->[$section],
-					"Future", "Student"];
-	    } else {
-		push @$expired_members, [$_, $classlist->{$_}->[$fullname],
-					$classlist->{$_}->[$section],
-					"Expired", "Student"];
-	    }
 
-	}
-    }
-
-
-    # Create a list of the sections that can be used to create the section 
-    # selection list boxes:
-    #
-    my %sections;
-    for my $key (@keys) {
-	my $section_name = $classlist->{$key}->[$section];
-	if ($section_name ne "") {
-	    $sections{$section_name} = 1;
-	}
+    if ($self->{'coursepersonnel'}) {
+	unshift @$current_members, (@$course_personnel);
     }
 
 
-    if ($self->{'multichoice'}) {
-
-	#  The variable $choice_widget will have the html to make the choice 
-	#  selector.
-	my $size=5;
-	if (scalar(keys(%sections)) < 5) {
-	    $size=scalar(keys(%sections));
-	}
-	my $result = '<select multiple name="chosensections" size="'.$size.'">'."\n";
-	foreach my $sec (sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b)} (keys(%sections))) {
-	    $result .= "<option name=\"$sec\">$sec</option>\n";
-	}
-	$result .= "<option>none</option></select>\n";
-
-
-    }
-
     #   Current personel
 
-    $result .= $self->render_student_list(\%sections,
-					  $current_members,
-					  "current",
-					  \%defaultUsers);
+    $result .= '<h4>'.&mt('Select Currently Enrolled Students and Active Course Personnel').'</h4>';
+    $result .= &Apache::lonselstudent::render_student_list( $current_members,
+							    "helpform",
+							    "current", 
+							    \%defaultUsers,
+							    $self->{'multichoice'},
+							    $self->{'variable'},
+							    1);
 
 
     # If activeonly is not set then we can also give the expired students:
     #
-    if (!$self->{'activeonly'} && ((scalar @$expired_members) > 0)) {
+    if (!$self->{'activeonly'} && ((scalar(@$future_members)) > 0)) {
 
 	# And future.
 
-	$result .= $self->render_student_list(\%sections,
-					      $future_members,
-					      "future",
-					      \%defaultUsers);
+	$result .= '<h4>'.&mt('Select Future Enrolled Students and Future Course Personnel').'</h4>';
+       
+	$result .= &Apache::lonselstudent::render_student_list( $future_members,
+								"helpform",
+								"future",
+								\%defaultUsers,
+								$self->{'multichoice'},
+								$self->{'variable'},
+								0);
+    }
+    if (!$self->{'activeonly'} && ((scalar(@$expired_members)) > 0)) {
 	# Past 
 
-	$result .= $self->render_student_list(\%sections,
-					      $expired_members,
-					      "past",
-					      \%defaultUsers);
+	$result .= '<h4>'.&mt('Select Previously Enrolled Students and Inactive Course Personnel').'</h4>';
+	$result .= &Apache::lonselstudent::render_student_list($expired_members,
+							       "helpform",
+							       "past",
+							       \%defaultUsers,
+							       $self->{'multichoice'},
+							       $self->{'variable'},
+							       0);
     }
 
 
@@ -2798,7 +2658,7 @@ BUTTONS
 sub postprocess {
     my $self = shift;
 
-    my $result = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '.forminput'};
+    my $result = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '_forminput'};
     if (!$result && !$self->{'emptyallowed'}) {
 	if ($self->{'coursepersonnel'}) {
 	    $self->{ERROR_MSG} = 
@@ -2983,7 +2843,7 @@ sub render {
     function checkall(value, checkName) {
 	for (i=0; i<document.forms.helpform.elements.length; i++) {
             ele = document.forms.helpform.elements[i];
-            if (ele.name == checkName + '.forminput') {
+            if (ele.name == checkName + '_forminput') {
                 document.forms.helpform.elements[i].checked=value;
             }
         }
@@ -3031,17 +2891,17 @@ BUTTONS
 	    &Apache::loncacc::constructaccess($subdir,
 				     $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'});
 	$metadir='/res/'.$domain.'/'.$user.'/'.$2;
-        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir, $domain, $user, '');
+        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
     } elsif ($subdir =~ m|^~([^/]+)/(.*)$|) {
 	$subdir='/home/'.$1.'/public_html/'.$2;
 	my ($user,$domain)= 
 	    &Apache::loncacc::constructaccess($subdir,
 				     $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'});
 	$metadir='/res/'.$domain.'/'.$user.'/'.$2;
-        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir, $domain, $user, '');
+        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
     } else {
         # local library server resource space
-        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir, $env{'user.domain'}, $env{'user.name'}, '');
+        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'},undef,undef,'/');
     }
 
     # Sort the fileList into order
@@ -3100,7 +2960,7 @@ BUTTONS
             my $id = &new_id();
             $result .= '<tr><td align="right"' . " bgcolor='$color'>" .
                 "<input $onclick type='$type' name='" . $var
-            . ".forminput' ".qq{id="$id"}." value='" . HTML::Entities::encode($fileName,"<>&\"'").
+            . "_forminput' ".qq{id="$id"}." value='" . HTML::Entities::encode($fileName,"<>&\"'").
                 "'";
             if (!$self->{'multichoice'} && $choices == 0) {
                 $result .= ' checked="checked"';
@@ -3161,7 +3021,7 @@ sub fileState {
 
 sub postprocess {
     my $self = shift;
-    my $result = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '.forminput'};
+    my $result = $env{'form.' . $self->{'variable'} . '_forminput'};
     if (!$result) {
         $self->{ERROR_MSG} = 'You must choose at least one file '.
             'to continue.';
@@ -3231,26 +3091,29 @@ sub start_section {
 
     my $section = Apache::loncoursedata::CL_SECTION();
     my $classlist = Apache::loncoursedata::get_classlist();
-    foreach (keys %$classlist) {
-        my $sectionName = $classlist->{$_}->[$section];
-        if (!$sectionName) {
+    foreach my $user (keys(%$classlist)) {
+        my $section_name = $classlist->{$user}[$section];
+        if (!$section_name) {
             $choices{"No section assigned"} = "";
         } else {
-            $choices{$sectionName} = $sectionName;
+            $choices{$section_name} = $section_name;
         }
     } 
    
-    for my $sectionName (sort(keys(%choices))) {
-	push @{$paramHash->{CHOICES}}, [$sectionName, $sectionName];
+    if (exists($choices{"No section assigned"})) {
+	push(@{$paramHash->{CHOICES}}, 
+	     ['No section assigned','No section assigned']);
+	delete($choices{"No section assigned"});
+    }
+    for my $section_name (sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b) } (keys(%choices))) {
+	push @{$paramHash->{CHOICES}}, [$section_name, $section_name];
     }
     return if ($token->[2]{'onlysections'});
 
     # add in groups to the end of the list
-    my %curr_groups;
-    if (&Apache::loncommon::coursegroups(\%curr_groups)) {
-	foreach my $group_name (sort(keys(%curr_groups))) {
-	    push(@{$paramHash->{CHOICES}}, [$group_name, $group_name]);
-	}
+    my %curr_groups = &Apache::longroup::coursegroups();
+    foreach my $group_name (sort(keys(%curr_groups))) {
+	push(@{$paramHash->{CHOICES}}, [$group_name, $group_name]);
     }
 }    
 
@@ -3312,11 +3175,9 @@ sub start_group {
     # Populate the CHOICES element
     my %choices;
 
-    my %curr_groups;
-    if (&Apache::loncommon::coursegroups(\%curr_groups)) {
-	foreach my $group_name (sort(keys(%curr_groups))) {
-	    push(@{$paramHash->{CHOICES}}, [$group_name, $group_name]);
-	}
+    my %curr_groups = &Apache::longroup::coursegroups();
+    foreach my $group_name (sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b)} (keys(%curr_groups))) {
+	push(@{$paramHash->{CHOICES}}, [$group_name, $group_name]);
     }
 }
 
@@ -3396,7 +3257,7 @@ sub render {
         $result .= '<p><font color="#FF0000">' . $self->{ERROR_MSG} . '</font></p>';
     }
 
-    $result .= '<input type="string" name="' . $self->{'variable'} . '.forminput"';
+    $result .= '<input type="string" name="' . $self->{'variable'} . '_forminput"';
 
     if (defined($self->{'size'})) {
         $result .= ' size="' . $self->{'size'} . '"';
@@ -3529,7 +3390,8 @@ sub start_clause {
     die 'Error in clause of condition, Perl said: ' . $@ if $@;
     if (!&$clause($helper, $paramHash)) {
         # Discard all text until the /condition.
-        &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text('/condition', $parser);
+	my $end_tag = $paramHash->{SKIPTAG} || '/condition';
+        &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text($end_tag, $parser);
     }
 }
 
@@ -3709,11 +3571,10 @@ sub render {
 	}
 	my $finish=&mt('Finish Course Initialization');
     }
-    my $previous = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("<- Previous"), '<>&"');
-    my $next = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("Next ->"), '<>&"');
+    my $previous = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("Back"), '<>&"');
+    my $next = HTML::Entities::encode(&mt("Next"), '<>&"');
     my $target = " target='loncapaclient'";
-    if (($env{'browser.interface'} eq 'textual') ||
-        ($env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off')) {  $target='';  }
+    if ($env{'environment.remote'} eq 'off') {  $target='';  }
     $result .= "<center>\n" .
 	"<form action='".$actionURL."' method='post' $target>\n" .
 	"<input type='button' onclick='history.go(-1)' value='$previous' />" .
@@ -3734,7 +3595,7 @@ sub overrideForm {
 
 package Apache::lonhelper::parmwizfinal;
 
-# This is the final state for the parmwizard. It is not generally useful,
+# This is the final state for the parm helper. It is not generally useful,
 # so it is not perldoc'ed. It does its own processing.
 # It is represented with <parmwizfinal />, and
 # should later be moved to lonparmset.pm .
@@ -3800,10 +3661,12 @@ sub render {
     
     # Print the granularity, depending on the action
     if ($vars->{GRANULARITY} eq 'whole_course') {
-        $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for <b>all resources in the course</b>').'</li>';
+        $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for [_1]all resources in the course[_2]','<b>','</b>').'</li>';
 	if ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'course') {
-	    $level = 11; # general course, see lonparmset.pm perldoc
+	    $level = 14; # general course, see lonparmset.pm perldoc
 	} elsif ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'section') {
+	    $level = 9;
+	} elsif ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'group') {
 	    $level = 6;
 	} else {
 	    $level = 3;
@@ -3813,13 +3676,21 @@ sub render {
         $paramlevel = 'general';
     } elsif ($vars->{GRANULARITY} eq 'map') {
         my $navmap = Apache::lonnavmaps::navmap->new();
-        my $res = $navmap->getByMapPc($vars->{RESOURCE_ID});
-        my $title = $res->compTitle();
-        $symb = $res->symb();
-        $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for the map named [_1]',"<b>$title</b>").'</li>';
+        if (defined($navmap)) {
+             my $res = $navmap->getByMapPc($vars->{RESOURCE_ID});
+             my $title = $res->compTitle();
+             $symb = $res->symb();
+             $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for the map named [_1]',"<b>$title</b>").'</li>';
+        } else {
+            $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for the map ID [_1] (name unavailable)','<b>'.$vars->{RESOURCE_ID}.'</b>').'</li>';
+            &Apache::lonnet::logthis('Retrieval of map title failed in lonhelper.pm - could not create navmap object for course.');
+
+        }
 	if ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'course') {
-	    $level = 10; # general course, see lonparmset.pm perldoc
+	    $level = 13; # general course, see lonparmset.pm perldoc
 	} elsif ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'section') {
+	    $level = 8;
+	} elsif ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'group') {
 	    $level = 5;
 	} else {
 	    $level = 2;
@@ -3827,16 +3698,23 @@ sub render {
         $affectedResourceId = $vars->{RESOURCE_ID};
         $paramlevel = 'map';
     } else {
-        my $navmap = Apache::lonnavmaps::navmap->new();
-        my $res = $navmap->getById($vars->{RESOURCE_ID});
         my $part = $vars->{RESOURCE_ID_part};
 	if ($part ne 'All Parts' && $part) { $parm_name=~s/^0/$part/; } else { $part=&mt('All Parts'); }
-        $symb = $res->symb();
-        my $title = $res->compTitle();
-        $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for the resource named [_1] part [_2]',"<b>$title</b>","<b>$part</b>").'</li>';
+        my $navmap = Apache::lonnavmaps::navmap->new();
+        if (defined($navmap)) {
+            my $res = $navmap->getById($vars->{RESOURCE_ID});
+            $symb = $res->symb();
+            my $title = $res->compTitle();
+            $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for the resource named [_1] part [_2]',"<b>$title</b>","<b>$part</b>").'</li>';
+        } else {
+            $resourceString .= '<li>'.&mt('for the resource ID [_1] (name unavailable) part [_2]','<b>'.$vars->{RESOURCE_ID}.'</b>',"<b>$part</b>").'</li>';
+            &Apache::lonnet::logthis('Retrieval of resource title failed in lonhelper.pm - could not create navmap object for course.');
+        }
 	if ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'course') {
-	    $level = 7; # general course, see lonparmset.pm perldoc
+	    $level = 10; # general course, see lonparmset.pm perldoc
 	} elsif ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'section') {
+	    $level = 7;
+	} elsif ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'group') {
 	    $level = 4;
 	} else {
 	    $level = 1;
@@ -3845,7 +3723,7 @@ sub render {
         $paramlevel = 'full';
     }
 
-    my $result = "<form name='helpform' method='POST' action='/adm/parmset#$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='".
@@ -3910,7 +3788,7 @@ sub render {
     
     # Print targets
     if ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'course') {
-        $result .= '<li>'.&mt('for <b>all students in course</b>').'</li>';
+        $result .= '<li>'.&mt('for [_1]all students in course[_2]','<b>','</b>').'</li>';
     } elsif ($vars->{TARGETS} eq 'section') {
         my $section = $vars->{SECTION_NAME};
         $result .= '<li>'.&mt('for section [_1]',"<b>$section</b>").'</li>';
@@ -3935,7 +3813,8 @@ sub render {
 
     # Print value
     if ($vars->{ACTION_TYPE} ne 'tries' && $vars->{ACTION_TYPE} ne 'weight') {
-	$result .= '<li>'.&mt('to [_1] ([_2])',"<b>".ctime($vars->{PARM_DATE})."</b>",Apache::lonnavmaps::timeToHumanString($vars->{PARM_DATE}))."</li>\n";
+        my $showdate = &Apache::lonlocal::locallocaltime($vars->{PARM_DATE});
+	$result .= '<li>'.&mt('to [_1] ([_2])',"<b>".$showdate."</b>",Apache::lonnavmaps::timeToHumanString($vars->{PARM_DATE}))."</li>\n";
     }
  
     # print pres_marker