--- loncom/interface/lonaboutme.pm	2006/10/23 18:48:46	1.57
+++ loncom/interface/lonaboutme.pm	2006/12/10 08:44:35	1.59
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # "About Me" Personal Information
 #
-# $Id: lonaboutme.pm,v 1.57 2006/10/23 18:48:46 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonaboutme.pm,v 1.59 2006/12/10 08:44:35 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub handler {
 					      'No user information available');
         return OK;
     } else {
-        $is_course = &check_for_course($cdom,$cnum);
+        $is_course = &Apache::lonnet::is_course($cdom,$cnum);
     }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- The syllabus fields
@@ -629,15 +629,5 @@ sub parse_directory {
     return $output;
 }
 
-sub check_for_course {
-    my ($cdom,$cnum) = @_;
-    my %courses = &Apache::lonnet::courseiddump($cdom,'.',1,'.','.',$cnum,undef,
-                                                undef,'.');
-    if (exists($courses{$cdom.'_'.$cnum})) {
-        return 1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
 1;
 __END__