Index: lams_tool_dimdim/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/dimdim/web/actions/LearningAction.java
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_tool_dimdim/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/dimdim/web/actions/LearningAction.java,v
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- lams_tool_dimdim/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/dimdim/web/actions/LearningAction.java	1 Oct 2008 04:10:18 -0000	1.10
+++ lams_tool_dimdim/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/tool/dimdim/web/actions/LearningAction.java	2 Oct 2008 00:35:00 -0000	1.11
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm;
 import org.apache.struts.action.ActionForward;
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@
 	    } // otherwise, meeting has not been started in monitoring
 	}
 
-	boolean conferenceOpen = connectURL.isEmpty() ? false : true;
+	boolean conferenceOpen = StringUtils.isEmpty(connectURL) ? false : true;
 	request.setAttribute(Constants.ATTR_CONFERENCE_OPEN, conferenceOpen);
 
 	if (conferenceOpen) {