gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Template.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Template.pm
index 170c8af..8b1b764 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Template.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Template.pm
@@ -611,12 +611,21 @@ sub process {
 
        $self->prepare unless ($self->{_prepared});
     my $parser      = $self->getParser($session, $self->get("parser"));
-    my $template    = $self->get('usePacked')
-                    ? $self->get('templatePacked')
-                    : $self->get('template')
-                    ;
     my $output;
-    eval { $output = $parser->process($template, $vars); };
+    $vars->{processTemplate} = sub {
+       my $templateHint = shift;
+       my $templateAsset = $templateHint;
+       if( !$templateHint->isa( 'WebGUI::Asset::Template' ) ) {
+           $templateAsset = WebGUI::Asset->newByUrl( 'WebGUI::Asset::Template', $session, $templateHint, undef );
+       }
+       my $template    = $templateAsset->get('usePacked')
+                       ? $templateAsset->get('templatePacked')
+                       : $templateAsset->get('template')
+                       ;
+       $parser->process( $templateAsset, $vars );
+       
+    };
+    eval { $output =  $vars->{ processTemplate }->( $self ) };
     if (my $e = Exception::Class->caught) {
         $session->log->error(sprintf "Error processing template: %s, %s, %s", $self->getUrl, $self->getId, $e->error);
         my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($session, 'Asset_Template');