--- loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2004/11/11 18:19:41	1.95
+++ loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2004/11/19 20:17:52	1.97
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common html routines
 #
-# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.95 2004/11/11 18:19:41 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.97 2004/11/19 20:17:52 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ sub select_recent {
     my ($area,$fieldname,$event)=@_;
     my %recent=&Apache::lonnet::dump(&recent_filename($area));
     my $return="\n<select name='$fieldname'".
-	($event?" onChange='$event'":'').
+	($event?" onchange='$event'":'').
 	">\n<option value=''>--- ".&mt('Recent')." ---</option>";
     foreach (sort keys %recent) {
 	unless ($_=~/^error\:/) {
@@ -141,6 +141,30 @@ sub select_recent {
     return $return;
 }
 
+sub get_recent {
+    my ($area, $n) = @_;
+    my %recent=&Apache::lonnet::dump(&recent_filename($area));
+
+# Create hash with key as time and recent as value
+    my %time_hash = ();
+    foreach (keys %recent) {
+        my $thistime=(split(/\&/,$recent{$_}))[0];
+        $time_hash{$thistime} = $_;
+    }
+
+# Sort by decreasing time and return key value pairs
+    my %return_hash = ();
+    my $idx = 1;
+    foreach (reverse sort keys %time_hash) {
+       $return_hash{$time_hash{$_}} =
+                  &Apache::lonnet::unescape((split(/\&/,$recent{$_}))[1]);
+       if ($n && ($idx++ >= $n)) {last;}
+    }
+
+    return %return_hash;
+}
+
+
 
 =pod
 
@@ -320,7 +344,7 @@ document.$formname.$dname\_year.value,
 </script>
 ENDJS
     $result .= '  <nobr>';
-    my $monthselector = qq{<select name="$dname\_month" $special $state onChange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" >};
+    my $monthselector = qq{<select name="$dname\_month" $special $state onchange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" >};
     # Month
     my @Months = qw/January February  March     April   May      June 
                     July    August    September October November December/;
@@ -334,9 +358,9 @@ ENDJS
     }
     $monthselector.= '  </select>';
     # Day
-    my $dayselector = qq{<input type="text" name="$dname\_day" $state value="$mday" size="3" $special onChange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" />};
+    my $dayselector = qq{<input type="text" name="$dname\_day" $state value="$mday" size="3" $special onchange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" />};
     # Year
-    my $yearselector = qq{<input type="year" name="$dname\_year" $state value="$year" size="5" $special onChange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" />};
+    my $yearselector = qq{<input type="year" name="$dname\_year" $state value="$year" size="5" $special onchange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" />};
     #
     my $hourselector = qq{<select name="$dname\_hour" $special $state >};
     if ($includeempty) {