Hi :)

First i have to say that i love this exelent program,

and that it saved me Hours of trouble using it ^^

Thanks Stefan Ritt :)

Now.. here is my problem :P

1. I was wondering if there is a possibility to have separate 'Options Category'..  One for Admin and one for User?

    If it is possible, can i have an example?

2. How can i arrange pictures in the main window, f.eks 1 picture in center, to the right or wherever i want?

Regards

Kim R

This is unfortunately not possible. All users see the same options. 

You can put the pictures in a table, and align the table cells accordingly. Here is an example:

Now you can make the border invisible by setting "border=0". This however can only be done in the HTML mode, so you have to switch using the top left icon "Show HTML source code" and then manually edit the code. This requires some basic HTML knowledge. The result will look like this:

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Kim Rosmo wrote: Hi :) First i have to say that i love this exelent program, and that it saved me Hours of trouble using it ^^ Thanks Stefan Ritt :)   Now.. here is my problem :P   1. I was wondering if there is a possibility to have separate 'Options Category'..  One for Admin and one for User?     If it is possible, can i have an example? This is unfortunately not possible. All users see the same options.  Kim Rosmo wrote: 2. How can i arrange pictures in the main window, f.eks 1 picture in center, to the right or wherever i want? You can put the pictures in a table, and align the table cells accordingly. Here is an example:   Now you can make the border invisible by setting "border=0". This however can only be done in the HTML mode, so you have to switch using the top left icon "Show HTML source code" and then manually edit the code. This requires some basic HTML knowledge. The result will look like this:

 Thanks for a fast reply :)

Its a lot of html tutorials on the net, so i think i will make it with the tables ^^

Regarding the 'Options Category' I can live with it... I have removed edit mode in User, so only Admin can delete or edit.

One last question.. Background color possible?  (Not Style)

Kim R

Only through style (that's what style is for, anyhow). 

Can you describe what you exactly enter in this forum to produce the error so that I can reproduce it?

 I could not produce this error here again, so I work on that:

There was a attribute with Type = Date, Preset = $Date.

This added following js code

  for (var i=0 ; i<document.form1.y0.value.length ; i++)
    if ((document.form1.y0.value.charAt(i) < "0" ||
         document.form1.y0.value.charAt(i) > "9")) { break }

This cause in following error 
Fehler: document.form1.y0 is undefined
Quelldatei: http://elog1.bkitech.de/Test-Maengelbericht/?cmd=Neu
Zeile: 16 
After that error none js will be executed.
After remarking the Type line, all work well.

  for (var i=0 ; i<document.form1.y0.value.length ; i++)
    if ((document.form1.y0.value.charAt(i) < "0" ||
         document.form1.y0.value.charAt(i) > "9")) { break }

This cause in following error 
Fehler: document.form1.y0 is undefined
Quelldatei: http://elog1.bkitech.de/Test-Maengelbericht/?cmd=Neu
Zeile: 16 
After that error none js will be executed.
After remarking the Type line, all work well.

I tried with following minimal configuration file:

Attributes = D, Author, Subject
Type D = Date
Preset D = $Date

and it worked fine. The form contains a field:

Year: <input type="text" size=5 maxlength=5 name="y0">

which contains the name "y0" and therefore produced no error. Can you try with that configuration and see which difference to your configuration causes the error to appear?

Hello all,

I appear to be doing something wrong or not..
In my configuration I use an incrementation of a certain attribute (Melding)
For some weird reason it won't increment in this place, while it does in another place...

Below is my configuration (at least the part that gives me headaches..)

[Onderhoud Diversen]
Theme = default

Attributes = Melding, Auteur, Type, Planning, Categorie, Status, Onderwerp
Options Type = Preventief, Regulier, Nav Storing, Overig
Options Categorie = SensorProbes, Overig
Options Status = Wachtend, Gepland, In behandeling, Update, Afgerond
Type Planning = date
Extendable Options = Categorie, Status
Required Attributes = Auteur, Type, Unit-Lokatie, Status
Page Title = ELOG - $onderwerp
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Type, Status
Preset Melding= DIVOH: %d%m%y-####
Subst on edit Auteur = $long_name
List Display = ID, Melding, Datum, Status, Auteur, Type, Planning, Categorie, Onderwerp
Summary lines = 0
Display Email recipients = 0
Email All = aapie@sukkeltje.com
Use Email Subject = $Melding, $Onderwerp - $Status
Style Status In behandeling = background-color:red
Style Status Update = background-color:orange
Style Status Afgerond = background-color:lime
Login user = person1, person2

The goal of this part of the configuration is a way to notify and log maintenance on not specified equipment.
I expect a message-tag with: DIVOH: 280109-0001, where 280109 stands for 28th of January, 2009, the 0001 is the message number of that day.
Now when I enter something in it, submit the message it will display DIV-OH: 280109-0001 as I expect, but...
When I start with a new entry I would expect DIVOH: 280109-0002 as it is the second message.. Well, simply put.. I don't get DIVOH: 280109-0002 but instead I get DIVOH: 280109-0001 again.Below the part that does work correctly:

The following part of my configuration does work..

[Onderhoud Windows]
Theme = default

Attributes = Melding, Auteur, Type, Planning, Categorie, Status, Onderwerp
Options Type = Routine, Software Installation, Problem Fixed, Configuration, Other
Options Categorie = Algemeen, Hardware, Software, Netwerk, Telefonie, Overig
Options Status = Wachtend, Gepland, In behandeling, Update, Opgelost
Type Planning = date
Extendable Options = Categorie, Status
Required Attributes = Auteur, Type, Status
Page Title = ELOG - $onderwerp
Reverse sort = 1
Quick filter = Date, Type, Status
Preset Melding= WSOH: %d%m%y-####
Subst on edit Auteur = $long_name
List Display = ID, Melding, Datum, Status, Auteur, Type, Planning, Categorie, Onderwerp
Summary lines = 0
Style Status In behandeling = background-color:red
Style Status Update = background-color:orange
Style Status Afgerond = background-color:lime

When I copy this one, adjust it to be the same as the first one, but then without the extra things it doesn't work, and with them, well.. it still won't.. :(
I am at a loss here where the mistake is, can someone shed some light on this? I would appreciate that very much.

Best regards,

Guido

 

I tried your configuration and got the attribute incrementing correctly:

so I'm a bit at a loss, too. Maybe your browser caches the old page, so try a "Reload" on your browser or clear your cache. Maybe your logbook contains some weird entries which make the incementing break. Try this configuration with an empty logbook. Certainly the configuration options are correct.

Stack error is caused when an entry is submitted in a e-mail notification enabled log when a new entry is submitted. This error does not happen on linux (same Elog version, same config file).

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

-----------------------------2916890032591
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="attfile"; filename=""
Content-Type: application/octet-stream


-----------------------------2916890032591--

timezone: 0, offset: 0
      6 [main] elogd 2816 _cygtls::handle_exceptions: Error while dumping state
(probably corrupted stack)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Cygwin is not officially supported. Can you try the Windows binaries? 

Sorry, I didn't know there were any (I've not used Elog for years and I think Cygwin was the only way back then). Tried them now and they seem to work. At least no stack error is caused. I'm getting some other error, but I think it's the handshake with the SMTP. I'll validate it's OK until tomorrow.

Windows binaries also solved the issue with the "Top grop" in my other bug rapport.

Thanks for the help!

Unfortunately can't validate this right now. I'm at a remote network trying to get ELOG on my Windows laptop working with e-mail notifications. Either my normal ISP will not allow the SMTP to accept relaying from external networks, or something else is wrong.

The Windows binary is behaving somewhat differently, it seems to behave like earlier versions. I.e. the error message seen on the browser (Error sending Email via "smtp.xxx.xxx") is very limited. Logging (level 6) will not revile much and -v doesn't output any hints either. Assuming the first possible cause, I registered a account at gmail to try see if their SMTP would allow e-mail relaying. Trying with the Windows binary version I seemingly leads to the same result (i.e. I don't see much and the error seen at the browser is the same). However, when trying to run ELOG on a machine at my home network the message is different:

Error sending Email via "smtp.gmail.com": 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. w40sm7583927ugc.6

The message does not surprise me (from previous experience, TLS was what made made postfix complicated to set up too). But what does surprise me is that the messages differ between the two (ELOG V2.7.5 running on a Linux machine and the Windows binary of the same version). Does Linux/Windows versions differ by conditionals in the code or did I somehow get an older Windows binary?

It would also be helpful knowing if ayone has got ELOG working with smtp.gmail.com.

Regards /Michael

The Windows Binaries are not recompiled for each minor modification. You should check the SVN revistion (the number which shows up at the very bottom of the page, which is 2153 in this case). It might well be that the Windows Binaries do not yet contain the modification for extended SMTP error report.

Furthermore, TLS is not supported in elogd, only plain SMTP is possible. 

Thanks for the info, it saves me some time know this on beforehand.

You're right about the Windows binary, it's a lower SVN revision (2140).

Thanks for the info, it saves me some time know this on beforehand.

You're right about the Windows binary, it's a lower SVN revision (2140).

 Hi folks, 

I want to have Last day be a command in the List display, so I added:

List menu commands = New, Find, Import, Login, Logout, Config, Last day, Help

However, when Last day is selected, the command does not change to Last 2 days.
What is the right way to do this?

Thanks,
Mike

You have to put "Last x" in the menu, not "Last day". Unfortunately by default the label "Last day" does not show up. I fixed this in the current version. But you can yourself start this thing by adding "past1" to the URL, or by making yourself a bookmark in your browser. Like

https://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/past1

then the "Last 2 days" will show up.

 Thanks very much, Stefan.

I did not know "Last x" was the appropriate menu option.
--Mike

Hi,

I want to know if it is possible to display an ID with this format: YYYY-XXXX where YYYY is the current year and XXXX a sequential number from 0001 to 9999 ?

ID Display = 2009$message id

could be fine but the year is hard coded and there are no 0 before the number.

Can you help me ?

Thanks a lot 

You cannot make this with the ID, but you can create an additional attribute which will show exactly this behavior. Have a look under

subst <attribute> = %Y-####

in the documentation. 

Hello,

We are now running elog-2.7.5 in a Scientific Linux 4 (RHEL4) system, which uses ImageMagick 6.0.7.1.  After uploading an image, the image 
manipulation buttons don't work and complain:
convert: unrecognized option '-set'

We are using an RPM built from source, and it looks like I should be able to just change "-set comment ..." to "-comment" as in:
------
[dab66@lnx100 tmp]% diff elogd.c elogd.c.new 
22601c22601
<       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
---
>       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
22607c22607
<       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
---
>       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
22618c22618
<       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
---
>       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
22624c22624
<       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
---
>       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
------

Is there any better way for us to fix this, or is anything else needed?

Thanks,
Devin

> Hello,
> 
> We are now running elog-2.7.5 in a Scientific Linux 4 (RHEL4) system, which uses ImageMagick 6.0.7.1.  After uploading an image, the image 
> manipulation buttons don't work and complain:
> convert: unrecognized option '-set'
> 
> We are using an RPM built from source, and it looks like I should be able to just change "-set comment ..." to "-comment" as in:
> ------
> [dab66@lnx100 tmp]% diff elogd.c elogd.c.new 
> 22601c22601
> <       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
> ---
> >       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
> 22607c22607
> <       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
> ---
> >       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, new_rot,
> 22618c22618
> <       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
> ---
> >       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
> 22624c22624
> <       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -set comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
> ---
> >       sprintf(cmd, "convert '%s' -rotate %d -thumbnail %d -comment ' %d' '%s'", file_name, cur_rot,
> ------
> 
> Is there any better way for us to fix this, or is anything else needed?

Well, I believe your modification won't work. I just tried it with ImageMagick 6.3.8 and it failed. Try to rotate your picture four times, and 
it should be back to the old position. When I use "-comment" instead "-set comment" on a PNG file, this did not work. From the man page it 
tells me:

Version: ImageMagick 6.3.8 01/25/08 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2008 ImageMagick Studio LLC

Usage: convert [options ...] file [ [options ...] file ...] [options ...] file

Image Settings:
  ...
  -comment string      annotate image with comment
  ...

Image Operators:
  ...
  -set property value  set an image property
  ...


So indeed "-comment" and "-set comment" are two different things. I'm afraid you have to upgrade your ImageMagick package in order to make 
this work.

Great software.

Okay, so I've done my reading through the forum and got a couple of nuggets along the way but I am still unable
to get the e-mail function to work.  I am using Windows IIS to make an SMTP virtual server to shimmy around the
IT firewall.  That appears to work as I can see the response from the external SMTP server while running elogd
with the -v flag.  The elogd -v details are below:  

Email from xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com to xxxxxx.XXXXXXX@XXXXX.com,XXXXX.XXXXX X@XXXXX.com, SMTP host
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXX.XXXXX.com: 
220 smtp.xxxxx.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.2600.2180 ready at   Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:56:35 -0500 
EHLO xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxxxx.com 
250-smtp.xxxxx.com Hello [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] 
250-AUTH=LOGIN 
250-AUTH LOGIN 
250-SIZE 2097152 
250-PIPELINING 
250-DSN 
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 
250-8bitmime 250-BINARYMIME 
250-CHUNKING 250-VRFY 
250 OK AUTH LOGIN 
Username: 
xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com 
Password: cm9jaGVsb2dib29r 
535 5.7.3 Authentication unsuccessful 
==== Return ================================  

From the SMTP server response it is not logging in, but I don't know why.  I can log in to the webmail app with
the username/password provided to ELOG, but it doesn't appear to work through ELOG. The SMTP provider includes
the following info to setup e-mail accounts via SMTP: "Please note: To send e-mail using the SMTP-Server,
activate SMTP Authentication. Please do not use the Secure Password Authentication (SPA) option. Optionally,
port 587 can also be used in addition to the default port (25) RFC 2476." 

For authentication via the Windows IIS I have "basic authentication" with no TLS encryption required - I'm not
sure if that meets the provider's "SMTP authentication" requirement.  When I was using the previous version of
ELOG (sorry, I did not note the version number) the username was encrypted along with the password.  With the
2168 build, the password is still encrypted but the usernamer is not; should the password be in "plain text" as
well?  

I can provide you with a username/password for the SMTP provider I'm using if that will help.  Please send me a
separate e-mail and I will reply with the information.  

Thank you,  

Topher Congdon

> For authentication via the Windows IIS I have "basic authentication" with no TLS encryption required - I'm 
> not sure if that meets the provider's "SMTP authentication" requirement.  When I was using the previous version 
> of ELOG (sorry, I did not note the version number) the username was encrypted along with the password.  With 
> the 2168 build, the password is still encrypted but the usernamer is not; should the password be in "plain 
> text" as well?  

I changed only the screen output. The username is printed not not encrypted, to be able to check it by eye. The 
username sent over the network is and was always encrypted.

The only clue I have is to compare the network traffic you get with an email client (outlook, thunderbird ??) 
with the network traffic you get from elogd. To monitor the traffic, I use normally WireShark (formerly Ethereal, 
www.wireshark.org). You have to filter for "tcp.port == 25" which is SMTP, then capture your traffic, right-
click on it and select "Follow TCP stream". The result you see in the attachment. The strings produced by elogd 
are pink, the strings from the SMTP server are blue. In my case I don't have authentication (our SMTP server does 
not support this). In you case, you have to compare the traffic from a functioning email client with elogd.