> I upgraded from ver 2.5.5-2 to 2.5.8-2 and found that none of my preset text
> worked any longer.  I struggled with it for several hours and then reverted
> back to 2.5.5-2 and the preset text worked again.  I have attached my
> elgd.cfg file for review.  Thanks in advance for your help...

Your config file really helped. You found a bug which happens only if one uses
conditions with lowercase letters, so that's why nobody else saw it before. I
fixed it and released V2.5.8-3

> > I upgraded from ver 2.5.5-2 to 2.5.8-2 and found that none of my preset text
> > worked any longer.  I struggled with it for several hours and then reverted
> > back to 2.5.5-2 and the preset text worked again.  I have attached my
> > elgd.cfg file for review.  Thanks in advance for your help...
> 
> Your config file really helped. You found a bug which happens only if one uses
> conditions with lowercase letters, so that's why nobody else saw it before. I
> fixed it and released V2.5.8-3

Thanks for the information.

ELOG is terrific!

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?

Thanks

I guess this qualifies as two questions.

David Egolf

I have a question about sending emails. I have a customer service ELog 
currently running but I would like to have an option to be able to pick 
from a list of people, one or more than one to send emails to with the 
logbook entry as the body.  I am currently using the email option to send 
emails to a list if an emergency is used in a category but I would like to 
be able to send the entry to different people at different times.  I would 
have everyone pre-entered with their names and emails and you could check 
a box by the person or people you want the log entry sent.  I wasn't sure 
if this is possible with the current system. 

Thanks for any input.

David Egolf

PS. The emails are actually email enabled cell phones so the cs entries 
are going to drivers who pick up and drop off work for the company. 

> 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

> I have a question about sending emails. I have a customer service ELog 
> currently running but I would like to have an option to be able to pick 
> from a list of people, one or more than one to send emails to with the 
> logbook entry as the body.  I am currently using the email option to send 
> emails to a list if an emergency is used in a category but I would like to 
> be able to send the entry to different people at different times.  I would 
> have everyone pre-entered with their names and emails and you could check 
> a box by the person or people you want the log entry sent.  I wasn't sure 
> if this is possible with the current system. 

It is. Put an MOptions in you config file, and then put individual email
statements there. Like

Attributes = ..., Notify
MOptions Notify = Joe, Jack, Jim
Email Notify Joe = joe@fujicolor.com
Email Notify Jack = jack@fujicolor.com
Email Notify Jim = jim@fujicolor.com

What this does it give you a checkbox for each name. If the check box is
checked, then the corresponding email statement is executed. Note that the
email address does not have to correspond to the "Notify" value. You could also
use completely different names, like "MOptions Notify = Security, Police,
Admin", and then put some email address from specific people there.

Hello,
I have been running Elog for a long time on a variety of RedHat releases,
(this is a terrific project by the way). Currently running Elog v2.5.7 on 
RedHat (Fedora Core-II) and most is working great excepting being able to 
modify the default fonts being used by Elog when trying to write and save 
in text mode while in Elog's main editing screen. 

On my setup the font size is way too small and to work around this problem 
I write and save everything in HTML mode. I've browsed the Elog css file 
but don't yet see where or how to properly set the default font style or 
size for the main screen in the editor. Can you shed some light on this for 
me?

--
Regards, Greg

> Hello,
> I have been running Elog for a long time on a variety of RedHat releases,
> (this is a terrific project by the way). Currently running Elog v2.5.7 on 
> RedHat (Fedora Core-II) and most is working great excepting being able to 
> modify the default fonts being used by Elog when trying to write and save 
> in text mode while in Elog's main editing screen. 
> 
> On my setup the font size is way too small and to work around this problem 
> I write and save everything in HTML mode. I've browsed the Elog css file 
> but don't yet see where or how to properly set the default font style or 
> size for the main screen in the editor. Can you shed some light on this for 
> me?

The text style of the main message text is defined in the following lines in the
CSS field:

.messagepre {
  font-family:'lucida console',courier,monospace;
  font-size:10pt;
}

Locate these lines and change 10pt to 12pt or even 14pt.