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

Hello,

Thank you so much for working with me on this.  The RSS reader I have been trying 
is at http://www.rssreader.com   and is version 1.0.88.0  It is a free RSS reader 
and seems to work very well.  It has a username and password system, but I am not 
sure what and how it will support with ELog. I have been successful in reading an 
open logbook with no passwords.  

Thanks again,

David Egolf

Hello,

I downloaded the latest file and installed but the version number stayed at 
2.5.8-2 and did not change to -3. I stopped and restarted the service and 
reinstalled a couple of times as this is just a demo experimental base I 
had it overwrite everything, but it stilled stayed the same.

Also is there a way to change the display of the default date. It uses 
allot of space in the date column.

Thanks

David Egolf

hello ELOG developers,

i think that i found a problem in the find function of ELOG  version 2.6.1. i can reproduce it on the forum ELOG website on midas.psi.ch:

go to: http://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Contributions/?cmd=Find
and enter under author 'ritt' and check the 'search all logbooks' checkmark, then search

the returned list has all your postings on all three ELOG sections, but if you look at the links that are returned, they point to the 'Contributions' 
portion of the ELOG and not the 'Forum' portion as they should. this means that the wrong posting is returned when you click on the link (or in 
this case, no posting at all).

for example, the HTML of the first link is
[...]
<tr>
<td class="list2" nowrap><a href="1723">Forum</a></td>
<td class="list2">
<a href="1723">&nbsp;&nbsp;1723&nbsp;&nbsp;</a>
</td>

<td class="list2" nowrap><a href="1723">Thu Feb 23 15:50:20 2006</a></td>
<td class="list2"><a href="1723">Stefan <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">Ritt</B></a></td><td class="list2"><a 
href="1723"><a href="stefan.ritt@psi.ch">stefan.ritt@psi.ch</a></a></td><td class="list2"><a href="1723">Question</a></td><td 
class="list2"><a href="1723">Re: Protect Selection page</a></td><td class="list2"><a href="1723"></a>&nbsp;</td><td class="list2"><a 
href="1723"></a>&nbsp;</td><tr>
[...]

i.e., it is missing '../Forum' in front of all the links.

regards,
patrick.