--- ECHO_content/VLPExtension.py	2008/08/05 16:17:46	1.70
+++ ECHO_content/VLPExtension.py	2008/08/05 16:50:56	1.72
@@ -246,10 +246,13 @@ class VLP_essay(Folder):
 
         pages = self.objectItems(['DTML Document','File'])                        
         pages.sort(sortFind)
+        return pages
         
         
     def getPageXMLfrag(self, pageNum=None, pageId=None, pageObj=None):
         """returns XML fragment of page with id"""
+        xml = None
+        
         if pageNum is not None:
             pl = self.getPageList()
             pageObj = pl[int(pageNum)-1][1]
@@ -261,14 +264,15 @@ class VLP_essay(Folder):
             txt = ""
             data = pageObj.data
             while data is not None:
-                txt += data
+                txt += str(data)
                 if isinstance(data, str):
                     data = None
                 else:
                     data = data.next
         
             xml = checkXMLfrag(txt)
-            return xml
+
+        return xml
 
 
     def getPage(self,pagenum):