Hallo and thanks for a great program.

At my work we have previously been using another program (Rednotebook) for our lab journals, but now we wish to migrate to elog because it is more configurable and because it runs in a browser.

We would off course like to move all of our old log entries with us. Luckily Rednotebook uses a standard module (YAML) for data storage, so I can easily access the data (e.g. with python) and I have already done do, and I have exchanged the native markup with html.

Now I would prefer it if I can make the elog data files directly, in stead of using the elog command, because that makes it possible and easy to revert the change, and also to not have to handle escaping html string before feeding them to elog on the commandline. I have actually already written the program that produces the elog data files, but now I have a few questions:

1) Is there an overall way of validating the datafiles, to make sure elog doesn't choke on them at some point in the future when I try to open one of the old entries. Along the same lines, does elog parse all the files when the demon is started, so if it starts then I'm ok?

2) What exactly are the requirements for the HTML content

2a) Will any valid html do, or are there some speciel requirements (e.g. like   at blank lines)

2b) Does it require a particular version of html, because then I could at least validate it against that doctype beforehand

3) Is there a log from elog where I can see if it encounters something it doesn't like?

I hope the you can answer some of my questions.

Regards Kenneth

I am trying to create a trouble ticket system however when you do a reply you get a new message ID.  I was hoping to use the message ID as a ticket number and just wanted to use the reply as an append to the orginal message id, however each reply creates a new message id. This would be a nightmare to track and if I closed the ticket I would have to close every log entry related to this.

Does anyone know how to either make the reply and appended reply (appended to the orignal message id) or how to create a field that automatically gives it a new trouble ticket number.

Has anyone configured a trouble ticket system that I could look at to get some ideas?

Thanks,

Lance

Hello,

We have accumulated some duplicate 'types' in one of our logbooks.  Is it possible to merge them?

Thanks,

John

Have tried to use "Menu commands =" to list menu commands available as per:
"Menu commands = List, Back, New, Edit, Delete, Find, Config, HELP, Logout"

but it does not seem to work; with command above I get default menu 
structure.

Using:
"Find Menu commands = List, Back, New, Edit, Find, Delete, Config, Logout, 
HELP"

I get the menu I want.
Q what's the difference?????

Hi,

There's seems to be a memory leak with elogd.exe running windows.  I had this problem with older version of elogd.exe, i've just upgrade to the latest and the problems still exist. I've had this issue with earlier versions.  I've just upgrade elog to the latest 2.76 version. The memory leak still persist. I really appreciate if you or anyone here can help me resolve this issue.

Thank!

JH

I have two identical servers (IBM X337) setup on the same LAN with Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS with ELOGD running (Compiled from tarbell) with the same exact package install base. (Only difference between the two servers is the hostname, and the ELOGD.CFG global section)

Just wondering if there is still a maximum number of mail recipients?  I saw  a number of 112 floating around in old forum entries, and I need more, like currently 300.  When I try it, the elogd hangs, not much output to speak of, but won't reply to Apache on its port.  Any quick fix (like changing a def'd variable somewhere?)