--- loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2003/08/19 15:57:14	1.219
+++ loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2003/08/19 16:02:13	1.220
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Printout
 #
-# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.219 2003/08/19 15:57:14 sakharuk Exp $
+# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.220 2003/08/19 16:02:13 sakharuk Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1251,16 +1251,18 @@ CHOOSE_FROM_SUBDIR
                                    ['Print with Table of Contents', 'yes'] ];
         Apache::lonhelper::dropdown->new();
         
-        $paramHash = Apache::lonhelper::getParamHash();
-        $paramHash->{MESSAGE_TEXT} = "</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>";
-        Apache::lonhelper::message->new();
-        $paramHash = Apache::lonhelper::getParamHash();
-	$paramHash->{'variable'} = 'TABLE_INDEX';   
-	$helper->declareVar('TABLE_INDEX');         
-        $paramHash->{CHOICES} = [
-                                   ['Print without Index', 'no'],
-                                   ['Print with Index', 'yes'] ];
-        Apache::lonhelper::dropdown->new();
+	if (not $helper->{VARS}->{'construction'}) {
+	    $paramHash = Apache::lonhelper::getParamHash();
+	    $paramHash->{MESSAGE_TEXT} = "</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>";
+	    Apache::lonhelper::message->new();
+	    $paramHash = Apache::lonhelper::getParamHash();
+	    $paramHash->{'variable'} = 'TABLE_INDEX';   
+	    $helper->declareVar('TABLE_INDEX');         
+	    $paramHash->{CHOICES} = [
+				     ['Print without Index', 'no'],
+				     ['Print with Index', 'yes'] ];
+	    Apache::lonhelper::dropdown->new();
+	}
 
 	if ($helper->{VARS}->{'construction'}) {
 	    $paramHash = Apache::lonhelper::getParamHash();