--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/01/19 21:37:39	1.100
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/01/30 01:31:05	1.101
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 # 05/01/01 Guy Albertelli
 # 05/01,06/01,09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 09/01 Guy Albertelli
-# 09/01,10/01,11/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 09/01,10/01,11/01,29/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ sub condval {
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 
 sub EXT {
-    my $varname=shift;
+    my ($varname,$psymb)=@_;
     unless ($varname) { return ''; }
     my ($realm,$space,$qualifier,@therest)=split(/\./,$varname);
     my $rest;
@@ -1593,7 +1593,12 @@ sub EXT {
     } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
       if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
-       my $symbp=&symbread();
+       my $symbp;
+       if ($psymb) {
+          $symbp=$psymb;
+       } else {
+          $symbp=&symbread();
+       }
        my $mapp=(split(/\_\_\_/,$symbp))[0];
 
        my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;