--- loncom/interface/slotrequest.pm	2016/10/24 01:13:54	1.125.2.3
+++ loncom/interface/slotrequest.pm	2018/06/27 14:26:28	1.125.2.4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Handler for requesting to have slots added to a students record
 #
-# $Id: slotrequest.pm,v 1.125.2.3 2016/10/24 01:13:54 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: slotrequest.pm,v 1.125.2.4 2018/06/27 14:26:28 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -841,9 +841,15 @@ sub get_slot {
     if ($slot_name && $slot_name ne $conflictable_slot) {
 	my %slot=&Apache::lonnet::get_slot($slot_name);
 	my $description1=&get_description($slot_name,\%slot);
+        my $slottype1=$slot{'type'};
 	%slot=&Apache::lonnet::get_slot($env{'form.slotname'});
 	my $description2=&get_description($env{'form.slotname'},\%slot);
-	if ($slot_name ne $env{'form.slotname'}) {
+        if ($slottype1 eq 'preassigned') {
+            $r->print('<p>'.&mt('You already have a reservation: "[_1]", assigned by your instructor.',
+                                $description1).'</p>'.
+                      '<p>'.&mt('Your instructor must unassign it before you can make a new reservation.').
+                      '</p>');
+        } elsif ($slot_name ne $env{'form.slotname'}) {
 	    $r->print(<<STUFF);
 <form method="post" action="/adm/slotrequest">
    <input type="hidden" name="symb" value="$env{'form.symb'}" />