Re: local usage on windows + Linux virtual machine , posted by John on Fri Jan 24 21:04:51 2020
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Elog does not access the outside world by default. With the VM I suppose just access it via the Linux local ip address (and port).
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Hello again,
I love to use elog, but I don't need any other accessing it for the moment. So, it is possible to run elog locally on my PC, and make it not accessible from outside?
Moreover, I installed elog on a linux virtual machine running with Virtual Box on Windows 10. Is it possible to open/edit my elog both from the linux VM and from the Windows system? without any accessibility from outside my PC?
Many many thanks
Sara
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How to update date fields so 'alarms' work correctly., posted by John on Sat Feb 29 06:04:57 2020
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Hi Stefan!
In the user manual under misc it says this: "The elog program makes it possible to submit logbook entries automatically by the system or from scripts. In some shift logbooks this feature is used to enter alarm messages automatically into the logbook. "
Ok what am trying to do is have all messages update (somehow) without the user entering each record. I want my alarm system to be able to keep-up2-date on the expirations, by simply updating the 'date' fields I have in the logbooks (JS). I am getting used to JavaScript, and have all of that working as far as the actual 'alarms' are concerned. But they are useless if the dates are stagnent (ie. not updateing at least once per day).
So can you refer me to the 'shift books' you reference above, so I can understand how to write the code necessary? I've spend much time searching the net on this and experimenting, so I did try to find out before I posted. I believe using a combination of the Elog Utility, with a dedicated 'start page' that is mostly JS, will be part of the solution...
Thanks soo much for your help and awesome creation! :)
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Re: How to update date fields so 'alarms' work correctly., posted by John on Fri Mar 13 18:34:30 2020
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Hi Sebastian!
Thank you soo much for your kind response. You are correct in all of your assumptions as to what I want to do (or not do!). Everything should be on clients side, and I want the date to be updated in each record, daily, or hourly, in order to allow the 'alarm' system I created to be able to give notice (a pop up ,or whatever) when the time as passed, for whatever time/date the user set the alarm for.
I believe this has been asked in general in the past and suggetions were to have the data updated in onther program (spreadsheet) or whatever, as you implied, by changing the database directly (log files). This is not the way I want to do, even though I realize it would accomplish this task. I want to just use Elog and probably JS.
I will try your ideas and when I am done (successful or not!) I will report my findings back here :)
John
| Sebastian Schenk wrote: |
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Dear John,
I am a user of the elog system and no developer, so no complete answer guaranteed.
The quote of the manual describes the case, if e.g. an hardware component discovers a failure and the connected PC makes an automatic (new) entry to the elog. Probably modifying an existing one.
I have small concerns on your solution. The description of your alarm system sounds the other ways around, as you are doing something, depending on the elog entries. Based on your statement on JS and dedicated start page, you want to do it on client-side and not on the server. Where I can see the issue, if there is not client, then there is no alarm. As you want to change the date of the entries, I believe, you want to reuse the same entries multiple (infinite?) times instead of creating new ones. The later would be the style of an logging software like elog.
As far as I know, the Date attribute is special and cannot be changed by submitting something to the elog server. as this would make "Restrict edit time" useless. You can try it with this in your config:
Subst on edit Date = $date
Making an entry and edit it afterwards. The entry time stays the same.
If you really want to use this attribute, you have to do some scripting to the actual saved .log files, but this is not intended as I believe.
What you can do, is using an alternative attribute like "MDate" with the config:
Subst MDate = $date
Subst on edit MDate = $date
This will update every time you edit the entry.
Then you probably want to add something like this to your config
List display = ID, MDate, Author, ...
Or "Update" using the duplicate function on the old entry, where you want to change the date, creating a new one with the same content.
Or "Update" using the reply function to create a new entry, referring to the old one.
I hope, I could help.
Best wishes,
Sebastian
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Hi Stefan!
In the user manual under misc it says this: "The elog program makes it possible to submit logbook entries automatically by the system or from scripts. In some shift logbooks this feature is used to enter alarm messages automatically into the logbook. "
Ok what am trying to do is have all messages update (somehow) without the user entering each record. I want my alarm system to be able to keep-up2-date on the expirations, by simply updating the 'date' fields I have in the logbooks (JS). I am getting used to JavaScript, and have all of that working as far as the actual 'alarms' are concerned. But they are useless if the dates are stagnent (ie. not updateing at least once per day).
So can you refer me to the 'shift books' you reference above, so I can understand how to write the code necessary? I've spend much time searching the net on this and experimenting, so I did try to find out before I posted. I believe using a combination of the Elog Utility, with a dedicated 'start page' that is mostly JS, will be part of the solution...
Thanks soo much for your help and awesome creation! :)
John
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How to change name of record Id from $@MID@$., posted by John on Wed Jul 22 18:11:56 2020
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Hi Everyone,
I tried using this $@MID@$ in JS as a variable and cannot doit. I researched a little and found no answer on special character usage. If anyone knows, please lemme know. I also tried breifly in Elogd to change it to something like just MID, but need a better editor as (Kate) is not saving the program back in correct iso (character) format. So I thought I'd pose the question in the meanwhile.
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Re: Parsing log files, posted by John on Fri Jan 8 06:14:49 2021
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Hi Al; if I understand your situation correctly you want to access Elog db (logbooks) via another way. There are many ways depending on your knowledge, type of work needed, and ease of use. I have found that accessing whatever I need via Elog gui is satisfactory in many situations-- by simply exporting. THEN take the raw csv/xml file and manipulte it more easily from there. There are MANY free web sites that will take your data then, and put it in still another format that you choose (usually manipulating the rows/columns to your liking or doing mail-merge type work on your data). BTW WPS (Windows Office clone) is awesome at further 'mail-merg' techniques. THEN at that point you may have close to what you are trying to accomplish. I've also used PHP alot in this type of situation and have replicated Elog's data format for it's db (logbooks)..; so PHP is great in this maner, although of course it takes time to 'get-it-right' if you are not well versed in it. If you go into detail more of what type of format you want as the finalized product, maybe more suggestions will be made.
Happy belated New Years everyone,
John
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Sometimes we change the attributes in a config file for a given tab as time goes on, which naturally can get out of sync with the older data in that tab.
I can imagine some other Elog users have encounterd this too at some point so I'm wondering if there's a utilty or some way anyone knows of that I can use to parse a log file DIRECTLY to view the older data, without using the Elog GUI?
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Cannot send Emails, posted by John on Mon Oct 23 20:35:54 2023
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Hello, my sending of emails was working a while back but I have not checked on it in a few months and found out I am getting authentication errors sending to my MTA (mailer). I was using a base64 to encode the pw but now my mailer (gandi.net) rejects it. Has anything changed over the last couple of years with Elogs code that would be affecting this? I just upgraded (Linux) and changed my testing grounds to non-production and the same problem exists. Thing is I CAN send using other programs, but not with Elog. It is impertive I figure this out or have a work around.. but a 'work around' does not seem like a possible task since all the work (forums and such) will be via my Elog server.
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Re: WYSIWYG Editor Not Showing in HTML Mode, posted by John on Mon May 5 11:47:11 2025
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Hi Pawel, I *think* we (you) need the 'ckeditor' program installed on your system for it to work. I am
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Hi all,
I'm experiencing an issue on Kubuntu 24.04 where the WYSIWYG editor (in HTML mode) doesn't appear at all. This happens across multiple browsers (tested with Firefox and Chromium). The editor area is simply blank, without any visible toolbar or editable content area.
Has anyone encountered this on Kubuntu or found a workaround? Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Pawel
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multiple keyword search - regular expression, posted by Johannes Liegl on Wed Aug 19 11:49:37 2009
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Dear Sirs,
searching for keywords regular expression becomes very long. Are there any other type easy multiple keyword search supported. For example a keyword search like keyword1 & keyword2 results in different output than a keyword search like keyword2 & keyword1. A simple keyword search like "keyword1 & keyword2 and keyword2 &keyword1 should find all documents in a database containing both keywords resulting in the same output.
Thank you very much for you help in advance.
Best Regards
Johannes Liegl
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