Could there be a multi-value option for free text fields, e.g. comma-
separated?  This would allow multi-parent relationships between log items. 

E.g. specifying 12, 15 as a value would create unique Display links 
for "12" and "15", based on the Display specification for that attribute.

This would be like "multiple fixed options", for the purpose of formatting.

> > Playing with all the configuration possibilities I have one issue:
> > I like to use the "Extendable options" but I can't combine them with 
> > the "Conditional attributes".
> 
> That was never ment to work. But I found some time to implement it. If you
> download elog255-4.exe from today it whould work. Let me know if you have
> problems.

Thanks a lot for fixing this issue, especially as it was never planed. I will
test it on Monday afternoon and will give you a reply.

> > Currently there is a dropdown when searching for MOption fields. Maybe you could 
> > allow multiple selections in the dropdown. This to me is an "OR" search.
> 
> Multiple selections are not possible in HTML, only a single value can be selected at
> a time.

Try: (From monster.com)
<SELECT NAME="lid" multiple size="5">
<OPTION VALUE=""> ------- Select all -------- </OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="323">Alabama-Anniston</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="324">Alabama-Birmingham</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="325">Alabama-Mobile/Dothan</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE="328">Alabama-Montgomery</OPTION>
...
</SELECT>

Although this may not be supported in all browsers. (I think recent versions of 
Netscape and IE support it)

I'm configuring this great application in order to replace the previous
elogbook my community is using (in the accelerator's world).

One of the main and mandatory feature they cannot renunce is the possibility
of displaying every attached image just inline, without having to click over
the file name or to enter the entry view (in which the attachment can
already be displayed inline) ...  

- images (and hopefully ps, eps, pdf) be displayed inline just after the
text body of the message in the main "List" view
- possibility to configure the scale of this view
- possibility of build some thumbs in order to save BW and time


Is there any way to do it or any plan to implement such a feature in the
very next future ? 

current version uses strstr() to check if the file has the expected ascii
text extension ... this is buggy becouse this way a file named
".txt_hidden_file" or "foo.config.dat" are both seen as .txt files.

the following patch fixes the problem, plz apply to cvs:



#######################################################################
--- elogd_orig.c        2005-02-03 16:46:10.000000000 +0100
+++ elogd_extchk_fix.c  2005-02-08 17:32:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -1160,6 +1160,28 @@

 #define my_toupper(_c)    ( ((_c)>='a' && (_c)<='z') ? ((_c)-'a'+'A') : (_c) )

+static BOOL chkext(const char *str, const char *ext)
+{
+   int extl, strl;
+   char c1, c2;
+
+   if (ext == NULL || str == NULL)
+      return FALSE;
+
+   extl = strlen(ext);
+   strl = strlen(str);
+   if (extl >= strl)
+      return FALSE;
+   str = str+strl-extl;
+   while (*str) {
+      c1 = *str++;
+      c2 = *ext++;
+      if (my_toupper(c1) != my_toupper(c2))
+         return FALSE;
+   }
+   return TRUE;
+}
+
 BOOL strieq(const char *str1, const char *str2)
 {
    char c1, c2;
@@ -1168,6 +1190,8 @@
       return TRUE;
    if (str1 == NULL || str2 == NULL)
       return FALSE;
+   if (strlen(str1)!=strlen(str2))
+      return FALSE;

    while (*str1) {
       c1 = *str1++;
@@ -13698,8 +13722,8 @@
                       ("<tr><td colspan=%d class=\"attachment\">%s %d: <a
href=\"%s\">%s</a>\n",
                        colspan, loc("Attachment"), index + 1, ref,
attachment[index] + 14);

-                  if ((strstr(str, ".TXT") || strstr(str, ".ASC") ||
strstr(str, ".CFG")
-                       || strstr(str, ".CONF")
+                  if ((chkext(str, ".TXT") || chkext(str, ".ASC") ||
chkext(str, ".CFG")
+                       || chkext(str, ".CONF")
                        || strchr(str, '.') == NULL) && show_attachments) {
                      /* display attachment */
                      rsprintf("</td></tr><tr><td colspan=%d
class=\"messagelist\"><pre>", colspan);
@@ -14779,7 +14803,7 @@
    regex_t re_buf[MAX_N_ATTR + 1];
    regmatch_t pmatch[10];

-   /* redirect if enpty parameters */
+   /* redirect if empty parameters */
    if (strstr(_cmdline, "=&")) {
       while ((pt1 = strstr(_cmdline, "=&")) != NULL) {
          pt2 = pt1;
#######################################################################

> What I want is to have the Entry time to be updated to the time it was
> copyed, not the original entry time. Moved To should perhaps retain its
> original time?

You can achieve that by using "Edit", and then check "Resubmit as new entry",
then click "Submit".

- Stefan

> > What I want is to have the Entry time to be updated to the time it was
> > copyed, not the original entry time. Moved To should perhaps retain its
> > original time?
> 
> You can achieve that by using "Edit", and then check "Resubmit as new entry",
> then click "Submit".

The idea is good, but it does not work for me. What happens when I do this is
that I get a new ID, but the old ID is deleted.... It disappears from the list,
and if you try to access it manually it says that it is deleted.

Bug then? My config?

Best regards
Michael

So subscribe to ELOG RSS feeds, do the following:

- In Thunderbird, click "Tools/Account setting", then click "Add account",
"RSS News & Blogs", "Next", "Finish", "Ok".

- Select "News & Blogs" in the "Folders" pane, right-click and select
"Properties"

- Click on "Manage Subscriptions..."

- Click on "Add"

- Enter the Feed URL of elog. Use your logbook URL and add "elog.rdf". For
this forum for example, enter

http://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/elog.rdf

- Click OK. That's all.

See how the RSS feed shows up in the attached image. Please note that you
need public read access to your logbook for this to work (via "Guest menu
commands"), since the RSS mechanism does not support authentication.