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icon5.gif   Lost cfg file, posted by David Egolf on Sat Apr 9 03:40:26 2005 
    icon2.gif   Re: Lost cfg file, posted by Stefan Ritt on Sat Apr 9 09:52:23 2005 
       icon2.gif   Re: Lost cfg file, posted by David Egolf on Mon Apr 11 18:48:18 2005 
          icon2.gif   Re: Lost cfg file, posted by Stefan Ritt on Mon Apr 11 20:15:01 2005 rssreader.gif
Message ID: 1068     Entry time: Sat Apr 9 09:52:23 2005     In reply to: 1066     Reply to this: 1073
Icon: Reply  Author: Stefan Ritt  Author Email: stefan.ritt@psi.ch 
Category: Question  OS: Windows  ELOG Version: 2.5 8-3 
Subject: Re: Lost cfg file 
> I was upgrading to the latest version and I wrote over my cfg file. I 
> still have my database files. Is there a way to put the cfg file back 
> together using the database files as a guide.  It did not seem to want to 
> upgrade until I did this and I forgot to copy and then paste the cfg files 
> back.  The latest version is now running. Before I did this I was still 
> getting the old version number at the bottom of the main screen.  Also I 
> have an RSS reader that can do user name and password, is this possible 
> with Elog if the RSS reader has the ability?

I put an extra dialog box into the installer to prevent overwriting the
original config file, but unfortunately I cannot prevent people from shooting
themselves into the foot (;-)

The database files contain at least the attributes. Just open any file with a
text editor. But the other settings, like "preset <attribute>" etc. are lost.

Concerning teh RSS authentication, I willing to implement this if you tell me
which reader you are using, so that I can test it. You could also try yourself,
maybe it works without modification. What you would need is public read access
via "Guest menu commands" option plus a "Read password". The read password
prevents again the public read access, but the RSS reader can maybe submit it.
What the RSS reader certainly cannot do is to fill out the "Login" screen of
elog, so you need the "Guest menu commands" for sure.

- Stefan
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