I would appreciate if elog could provide a simple support for mathematical expressions.

A solution similar to wikimedia should be easy to implement and would help a lot.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Windows#Alternative_Solution

The idea is to parse the elog entry for a tag (e.g.  <math></math>), extract the code, wrap it into a latex file, and pass this to latex, GhostScript, and ImageMagic. (The latter are already used by Elog, therefore the changes should not be too big.) The resulting image file would then be referenced by the  elog html code.

Of course, the FCKeditor would not support LaTeX. However, the majority of elog-useres should be scientists and rather familiar with LaTeX. Therefore it should be fine if the original LaTeX code is saved (e.g. in the ALT-tag of the image) and the replacement "code to image" is undone for editing.

Kind regards,
Jochen

We had already some time ago a request to integrate mimetex (elog:1827). I will see what I can do there.

We're using elog as our CMDB, but now management wants us to employ "web services" and I fear going to another tool (elog is fitting the admins like a glove, so we'd rather keep it)

Is it possible to configure elog to be able to run as a web-service ?  (basically getting xml-output according to a specific (SOAP) schema instead of html output)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_services

A 'Web service' (also Web Service) is defined by the W3C as "a software system designed to support interoperable Machine to Machine interaction over a network." Web services are frequently just Web APIs that can be accessed over a network, such as the Internet, and executed on a remote system hosting the requested services.

The W3C Web service definition encompasses many different systems, but in common usage the term refers to clients and servers that communicate using XML messages that follow the SOAP standard. Common in both the field and the terminology is the assumption that there is also a machine readable description of the operations supported by the server written in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). The latter is not a requirement of a SOAP endpoint, but it is a prerequisite for automated client-side code generation in many Java and .NET SOAP frameworks (frameworks such as Spring and Apache CXF being notable exceptions). Some industry organizations, such as the WS-I, mandate both SOAP and WSDL in their definition of a Web service.

At the moment no support for a Web Service is planned.

Hello

In my config file I have the following :

Options Head = AIX61{1},AIX53{2}, AIX52{3},HMC{4},CL_CLUSTER{5},VIRTUALIZATION{6},MICROCODE{7},BG_BLUEGENE{8}

{1} Options Topic = SECURITY, HIPER,TL00,TIPS
{2} Options Topic = SECURITY, HIPER,TL07,TL06,TL05,TL04,TL03,TL02,TL01 ,TIPS
{3} Options Topic = SECURITY, HIPER,TL10,TL09,TL08,TL07,TL06,TL05,TL04,TL03,TL02,TL01 ,TIPS
{4} Options Topic = HMC_CORRECTIVE, HMC_SECURITY,HMC_FIXES,HMC_INSTRUCT,HMC_MEDIA,HMC_DOCUMENT
{5} Options Topic = CL_DEEPCOMPUTING,CL_SYSMGMT,CL_GPFS,CL_LOADLEVELER,CL_ESSL,CL_PARALLEL_ESSL,CL_SWITCH,CL_RSCT,CL_PENV,CL_INIFINI
{6} Options Topic = PLM,VIOS_PM,VESS,VIOS,VIOS_WPM
{7} Options Topic = 2104-XU3,7017-S80,7017-S70,7020-40P,7025-F50,7025-F40,7025-F80,7026-B80,7026-H80,7026-M80,7028-6C4,7028-6E1,7029-6E3,7025-H50,702X-H70,7038-6M2,7039-651,7040-6X1,7043-140,7043-240,7043-260,7044-170,7248-43P,7043-150,704X-270,8203-E4A,8204-E8A,8844-3AZ,9076-SP,9110-510,9110-51A,9111-285,9111-520,9112-265,9113-550,9114-275,9115-505,9116-561,9117-570,9117-MMA,9118-575,9119-590,9119-595,9123-XXX,9124-XXX,9131-52A,9133-55A,9406-MMA,7037-A50,7047-185,ADAPTERS,DASD,DRIVES,CERTIFIED,OTHER
{8} Options Topic = BG_RELEASES,BG_FIXES,BG_COMPILERS,BG_REDBOOKS,BG_GPFS,BG_ESSL,BG_LOADLEVELER,BG_CSM

All is working fine when creating new entries. But when i use the  find command window,  i only see the Head options and selecting one of them,

the Topic options will not show up like they do when creating new entries.

I've installed the latest elog on Fedora ( version ELOG V2.7.3-2058 ) , but it's the same as the window version i'm using .

Would be nice if the user can search with the same items he used entering the data into the form.

Thanks for you're time.

greetings Arno Teunisse

I finally found some time to implement conditional attributes in the find form. This new feature is contained in SVN revision 2104 and in the Windows version 2.7.3-3.

Hello Stefan

Just downloaded the windows version. It is working great !! Thanks, for this quick solution.. and you're time..

Just like elog more and more...

Just noticed that in IExplorer and Firefox when creating a new entrie i got a popup with the following text in it : Unknown toolbar item "ShowBlocks"

When clicking OK : everything is working. Think it has to do with FCKedit, but I'm not shure.

Hello Stefan

You're right. Probably it's the old FCKedit that was in the browser cache. Clearing it and the problem was gone.

So there's nothing wrong with you're laptop.

Thank's again for the fix..

Hi!

Since our upgrade to elog 2.7.3, it is not possible any more to edit an existing elog entry using the elog client with -e <id> option. The only console output is "Error transmitting message". Submitting an entry via the client is not problem.

Running the server with -v option does not yield any output at the time of the edit attempt. Running the client with -v option also doesn't help, because whatever the other options, only the help page is printed out and nothing else done. Btw, there is now a conflict between -s for "use SSL" and -s for the "subdir" option.

Any ideas?

Yoshio

The problem had to do with the integration of native SSL into elog/elogd. I tried to fix it in revision 2099. Please give it a try. I have not tried yet the SSL mode, but I changed the -s for "subdir" to -d not to collide with SSL.

> elog -s -h <elog server> -p 443 -l current -u <user> <password> -a <Attributes> "TEST ENTRY"
Message successfully transmitted, ID=1

> elog -s -h <elog server> -p 443 -l current -u <user> <password> -e 1 "EDIT THIS ENTRY" -v
Successfully connected to host <elog server>, port 443
Request sent to host:
GET /current/1?cmd=download HTTP/1.0
User-Agent: ELOG
Cookie: unm=<user>;upwd=<password>;


Response received:
ET
Error transmitting message

==== Return ================================
HTTP/1.1 302 Found

Location: https://elog-server.domainname/logbook/ID

Location: https://client-host.domainname/logbook/ID

Options Category = .... , Shift {1} , ....
{1} Options Subject = Shift start {a}, Shift end {b}, ....

{1&a} Preset text = shift_checklist.txt
{1&b} Preset text = shift_summary.txt

Options Category = .... , Shift {1} , ....
{1} Options Subject = Shift start {a}, Shift end {b}, ....

{1&a} Preset text = shift_checklist.txt
{1&b} Preset text = shift_summary.txt

[global]
port = 8000
password file = passwd
Options Category = Other , Shift {1} , Routine
Attributes = Author, Category, Subject
{1} Options Subject = Shift start {a}, Shift end {b}
{1&a} Preset text = shift_checklist.txt
{1&b} Preset text = shift_summary.txt

[demo1]
Comment = General linux tips & tricks

[demo2]
Comment = General linux tips & tricks

[global]
logbook tabs = 1
SSL = 1
Theme = default

Top group testgroup = demo1, demo2
Show top groups = 1


[global testgroup]
Attributes      = Author, Subject, Type
Options Subject = ThisOne{1}, Shift info {2}, ThatOne{3}

{1} Options Type = OneType1, OneType2, OneType3
{2} Options Type = Shift start {a}, Shift end {b}, Info
{3} Options Type = TwoType1, TwoType2, TwoType3

Required Attributes = Author, Subject, Type

{2&a} Preset Text = shift_checklist.txt
{2&b} Preset Text = shift_summary.txt


[demo1]
Comment = DemoLog 1

[demo2]
Comment = DemoLog 2

Using the "Link Display  =" I can turn of the link to each individual entry, however, I would like to have a custom link in one of my columns. Is this possible?

Thanks for this wonderful tool.

Don

What you can do is to define an attribute (let's call it 'link'), then substitute this (maybe empty) attribute after submit with

Subst link = http://www.google.com

so this attribute will contain this link. You can also combine the value of the attribute with the link, like

Subst link = http://www.google.com/search?q=$link

this will produce a link to google search where it searches for the value of the attribute:

Hi, I'm evaluate currently if we can use ELOG as an shiftbook. So far I like ELOG very much, but I got a question.

Is it possible to have sticky message entries? Entries that always show up on top of the others. Thats for important entries that are valit for multiple shifts. 

Have looked arround here, but could not find anything in that direction.

Many thanks for any answer.

Peter

Nobody an idea if it is possible?

Sorry, I overlooked your first question.

Sticky entries are not directly supported, but you can get the same (maybe even better) using following scheme:

- Use an attribute, like the "Type" in the example logbook, and add an option "Sticky"

- Use "quick filter = type". This shows up a filter box on the listing at the top right. If you select "Sticky" there, a listing with all sticky entries will show up.

- Use a different style for such an entry with "Style Type Sticky = background-color:red". This makes all sticky entries show up with a red background.

Danke Stefan, I check it out.

Hmm, I'd like to use the style command, but it has no effect if I put it into the config. If I understood it right, it should be done this way:

Options Status = Open, Info, Resolved, Suspended, Waiting, Important
Style Status Important = background-color:red
Style Status Resolved = background-color:green

They are just showing up with the default style. Am I doing something wrong?

 EDIT: Just downloaded the latest version and now it works. My old one was 2058, BUT, how can I change multiple styles, e.g. background and font color at the same time? Komma does not seem to work and two style lines also not.

You can separate them with a semicolon. Just like:

Style Category Info = background-color:lightblue;font-weight:bold

Note that you cannot change the font color, since it is a link, and that is defined in the default.css file under

/* standard link colors and decorations */
a:link { color:#0000FF; text-decoration:none }
a:visited { color:#800080; text-decoration:none }
a:hover { color:#0000FF; text-decoration:underline }
a:active { color:#0000FF; text-decoration:underline }
a:focus { color:#0000FF; text-decoration:underline }

 It would be nice to have the option of including an attachment indicator column in summary view to show if an entry has any attachments.

Thanks.

Nice idea. I implemented that feature, as can be seen at the contributions logbook for example. It will be contained in the next release.

Would it be possible to instead of appearing a "clip" and/or "multiple-clips" (as the number of attachments grow) to appear a number which will be = to the count of attachments to avoid the column become too wide?

Hope it works because this is tool better every day.

Keep up the GOOD Work!

Ok, so I show individual clips up to five, and the number of attachments if more than five.

Thanks!

Hi Stefan,

When using  2.7.3-2095 I can't seem to get the paperclip/s to show,  just an additional field in the summary view (named Attachments) with the attachment file names below? Am I missing something?

Thanks

Hello

Sometimes it can come in handy to start a temporary elog service on the Windows platform. ( Maybe for testing purposes )

You can use the SC.exe utility to do that. If it is not on you're system you may download it from : ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/sc.zip

For this you can use the following procedure ( from the dos prompt ) :

 sc.exe create AIX-elog binPath= "\"c:\ELOG2.7.3\elogd.exe\" -D -c c:\ELOG2.7.3\security.cfg" DisPlayname= "AIX Elog Security" start= auto

If all went well the system answers :

 [SC] CreateService SUCCESS

Please notice the strange way the double quotes are used and the space after the = in the above command.

Now open the windows services ( from the prompt ) : services.msc

In the window that opens you will see the just created service with the DisPlayname you gave in the above command.

You see it is not started. You could click start, but there is an other way.

Now you can start the service from the prompt using the DisPlayname :

  net start "AIX elog security"

Press F5 ( refresh ) in the services window and you will see that the service is started.

Or stop the service :

  net stop "AIX elog security"

To remove the service ( from the registry ) :

   sc.exe delete AIX-elog

The system gives back :

  [SC] DeleteService SUCCESS

The other option is to start elogd.exe from the prompt :

  elogd.exe -c 

This is all for now