Dear elog community,

We have a problem with elog V3.1.2-bd75964.
Sometimes entries disappear from the list after editing.
I found them in the .log files with attributes

Locked by:
Draft:

But they are not in the list anymore!
The only solution by now is manually remove these two attributes from the file,
but this is terrible.

How can I fix this?

Thanks,
Peter.

Drafts are message which somebody started to edit, but did not complete, like leaving the page without saving. If you don't like this, you can set "save drafts = 0".

The locking has a similar background. If you have locking on (vis "Use lock = 1"), then one person can "lock" a message, and other then cannot edit the same message. If you don't want that, switch locking off.

Best,
Stefan

Thanks for fast response!

I LIKE locking and saving drafts.
The only problem is that the locked message disappeared from the list.
This does not happen every time one left the editor, but sometimes.
I can send you the problematic message as it was disappeared, before I deleted Locked by and Draft attributes.
I can't imagine why it is not shown in the list.

I found a sequence which hides the message from the list.
In addition this sequence corrupts UTF encoding of the text.

1. create new message
2. submit it
3. Edit this message again
4. click SAVE and then exit the editor (click Logbook name in the header or BACK in the browser)
5. message disappeared from the list!
6. by clicking NEW message I found my lost one in the drafts, but all text was corrupted.

I've made small GIF presentation on this issue (attached, open in new window), may be this helps.

The message is not lost, but becomes a "draft". This works similar in most email systems. When you edit an email and son't send it, it stays in your "draft" email folder and does not show up in your "sent" folder. Same here. You are suppost to "submit" you entry, the "save" is just a temporary safety backup. If you do not submit (if you press BACK or your browser crashes), the entry is not submitted to the system, but stays around as a draft. If you create a new message, the system asks you to edit and finish your draft, so that it does not get lost. So always hit "submit" if you are finished editing a message, not just "save". 

If you want to see the draft message, they are rendered in red in the normal message list if you have

List drafts = 1

in your config file. No ide where your cluttering comes from. 

Stefan

Dear Stefan,

Thanks for quick reply.
I checked List drafts = 1 in config file - it does not show drafts in the list in my case.
Can it be blocked by any other option?
I have these options enabled:

Use Lock = 1
Save drafts = 1
List drafts = 1
 

Peter.

You might have to update to the current elog version. This feature was implemented in Dec. 2016. 

Stefan