--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/05/27 04:25:12	1.503
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/05/28 17:33:41	1.505
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.503 2004/05/27 04:25:12 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.505 2004/05/28 17:33:41 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1638,6 +1638,28 @@ sub courseiddump {
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out an item
 
+sub get_first_access {
+    my ($type,$argsymb)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    if ($argsymb) { $symb=$argsymb; }
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') { $res=$map; }
+    my %times=&get('firstaccesstimes',[$res],$udom,$uname);
+    return $times{$res};
+}
+
+sub set_first_access {
+    my ($type)=@_;
+    my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
+    my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
+    if ($type eq 'map') { $res=$map; }
+    my $firstaccess=&get_first_access($type);
+    if (!$firstaccess) {
+	return &put('firstaccesstimes',{$res=>time},$udom,$uname);
+    }
+    return 'already_set';
+}
+
 sub checkout {
     my ($symb,$tuname,$tudom,$tcrsid)=@_;
     my $now=time;