--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/08/02 21:11:55	1.260
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/08/05 21:02:07	1.261
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.260 2002/08/02 21:11:55 ng Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.261 2002/08/05 21:02:07 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2703,6 +2703,7 @@ sub metadata {
 # the next is the end of "start tag"
 	 }
        }
+	&metadata_generate_part0(\%metathesekeys,\%metacache,$uri);
        $metacache{$uri.':keys'}=join(',',keys %metathesekeys);
        $metacache{$uri.':cachedtimestamp'}=time;
 # this is the end of "was not already recently cached
@@ -2710,6 +2711,34 @@ sub metadata {
     return $metacache{$uri.':'.$what};
 }
 
+sub metadata_generate_part0 {
+    my ($metadata,$metacache,$uri) = @_;
+    my %allnames;
+    foreach my $metakey (sort keys %$metadata) {
+	if ($metakey=~/^parameter\_(.*)/) {
+	  my $part=$$metacache{$uri.':'.$metakey.'.part'};
+	  my $name=$$metacache{$uri.':'.$metakey.'.name'};
+	  if (! exists($$metadata{'parameter_0_'.$name})) {
+	    $allnames{$name}=$part;
+	  }
+	}
+    }
+    foreach my $name (keys(%allnames)) {
+      $$metadata{"parameter_0_$name"}=1;
+      my $key="$uri:parameter_0_$name";
+      $$metacache{"$key.part"}='0';
+      $$metacache{"$key.name"}=$name;
+      $$metacache{"$key.type"}=$$metacache{$uri.':parameter_'.
+					   $allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
+					   '.type'};
+      my $olddis=$$metacache{$uri.':parameter_'.$allnames{$name}.'_'.$name.
+			     '.display'};
+      my $expr='\\[Part: '.$allnames{$name}.'\\]';
+      $olddis=~s/$expr/\[Part: 0\]/;
+      $$metacache{"$key.display"}=$olddis;
+    }
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Update symbolic store links
 
 sub symblist {