This is a nice idea, but currently no text substations in templates are implemented. It only works in attributes right now.

Stefan

> Hello,
>   I am using template for some elogbook entries.
> 
> Is is possible to automatically change the template using the actual date in some filed. 
> 
> Something like: the template has a place-holder <start date> and this is replaced with today's date when a new entry is created.
> 
> I already have a "date" filed which is automatically filled, but I've been asked to have the date also in the template.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Stefano

> This is a nice idea, but currently no text substations in templates are implemented. It only works in attributes right now.

but can it be done by javascript injection? load a custom .js or .html file, in this file run javascript code to root down the DOM tree until you 
find the right place, replace .innerHTML with current date?

K.O.

This was given to me by Andreas L, 

In my elog.cfg file, I have the following:

Preset text = $shell(date '+[%d %b %y]')\n

and this puts at the top of every new thread I make today the following line

[09 Apr 24]

And for the same result for every reply as well, I have in elog.cfg

Prepend on reply = $shell(date '+[%d %b %y]')\n\n----------\n

with the ten dash characters to show the end of the thread, so the reply entry goes above the dashes.

Obviously time, name of day etc can be included by using the strftime 


> > This is a nice idea, but currently no text substations in templates are implemented. It only works in attributes right now.
> 
> but can it be done by javascript injection? load a custom .js or .html file, in this file run javascript code to root down the DOM tree until you 
> find the right place, replace .innerHTML with current date?
> 
> K.O.

This was given to me by Andreas Luedeke of this parish. 

In my elog.cfg file, I have the following:

Preset text = $shell(date '+[%d %b %y]')\n

and this puts at the top of every new thread I make today the following line

[09 Apr 24]

And for the same result for every reply as well, I have in elog.cfg

Prepend on reply = $shell(date '+[%d %b %y]')\n\n----------\n

with the ten dash characters to show the end of the thread, so the reply entry goes above the dashes.

Obviously time, name of day etc can be included by using the strftime codes.


> > This is a nice idea, but currently no text substations in templates are implemented. It only works in attributes right now.
> 
> but can it be done by javascript injection? load a custom .js or .html file, in this file run javascript code to root down the DOM tree until you 
> find the right place, replace .innerHTML with current date?
> 
> K.O.

Hi Team,

I have set up Elog on the Ubuntu server using the compile and install method. I have installed ImageMagick and GhostScript along with that.

You can find "ImageMagick detected" mentioned in the service status provided below:

=======================================================================

● elogd.service - The ELOG Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/elogd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Tue 2024-04-23 08:59:50 UTC; 1 day 1h ago
       Docs: man:elogd(8)
             man:elog(8)
   Main PID: 858 (elogd)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 9365)
     Memory: 163.5M
        CPU: 25.825s
     CGroup: /system.slice/elogd.service
             └─858 /usr/local/sbin/elogd -D -c /usr/local/elog/elogd.cfg

Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com systemd[1]: Starting The ELOG Server...
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com elogd[858]: elogd 3.1.5 built Mar 21 2024, 17:20:15
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com systemd[1]: Started The ELOG Server.
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com elogd[858]: revision fe60aaf0
Apr 23 08:59:50 server1.com elogd[858]: CKeditor detected
Apr 23 08:59:51 server1.com elogd[858]: ImageMagick detected
Apr 23 09:00:08 server1.com elogd[858]: Server listening on port 8080

​=======================================================================

root@server1# identify -version
Version: ImageMagick 6.9.11-60 Q16 x86_64 2021-01-25 https://imagemagick.org
Copyright: (C) 1999-2021 ImageMagick Studio LLC
License: https://imagemagick.org/script/license.php
Features: Cipher DPC Modules OpenMP(4.5)
Delegates (built-in): bzlib djvu fftw fontconfig freetype heic jbig jng jp2 jpeg lcms lqr ltdl lzma openexr pangocairo png tiff webp wmf x xml zlib

​=======================================================================

However, the ImageMagick was found to be not working on my logbook. See the below error on the logbook.

Cannot create thumbnail, please check ImageMagick installation

I have attached a screenshot for reference.

Please could someone help me how to solve this?

Many thanks,
Scott
 

Please see https://daq00.triumf.ca/DaqWiki/index.php/Ubuntu#Enable_elog_PDF_preview

see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52998331/imagemagick-security-policy-pdf-blocking-conversion

xemacs -nw /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
remove this section at the end:
<!-- disable ghostscript format types -->
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS2" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS3" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="EPS" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PDF" />
<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="XPS" />

K.O.

Hi,

Could you be more specific? Where do I get the 'Menu commands"?

Thanks,

Bockjoo

The menu is the line with available functions, customizable in logbooks config

Also, these are buttons in logbook edit view.