> > I have a logbook with an attribute that has a number of fixed values. I 
> > use MOptions to prevent typos when entering and allow multiple "keywords".
> > When searching the users can only search on one keyword.
> > Is there any way to search on multiple values (AAA|BBB|CCC)? If I do not 
> > use MOption, they can do this, but the users entering logs may mistype the 
> > keywords.
> 
> Even with Moptions, you can put into the "Text:" line
> 
> (AAA|BBB|CCC)
> 
> and click on "Search text also in attributes". This is a valid regular
> expression with searches for AAA or BBB or CCC. Unfortunately you still can
> mistype the values. If I would add check boxes in the find page, it would not
> be clear if one searches for an "AND" of several values or an "OR" (Most people
> would probably think that they want an "AND" because this happens if they
> restrict several attributes).

Yes, I can use the Text: search, but I still have the mistyping problem. (My 
field values are like "ENA, ETB, HRES, etc.) -- Easy to have a typo.

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.

> OK elogd.cfg is attached.

I tried to reproduce your problem, but without success. I only have to login once. 

So can you please check how your cookies are set? Under Mozilla Firefox, enable
prompting for cookies (Tools/Options/Privacy/Cookies/Keep kookies=ask me every
time, IE must have similar switch). Each cookie contains a path, for which it
will be sent to the elogd in the future. Since you have your password files in
the [global] sections, they are valid for the whole set of logbooks and the path
is therefre "/". This means of course that the browser also tries to send the
cookies to the logbooks in the other top groups, since in the URL path they are
all next to each other (like "/Work+Requests", "/Completed+Work+Requests").

With the cookie prompting enabled, you can check which cookie gets set for which
directory. You should see a cookie "unm" for username, "upwd" for the encrypted
password and "urem" for the "Remember me" button. If the cookie contents is
empty, the cookie will be removed.

So carefully check the sequence of setting and resetting of cookies, trying to
figure out what goes wrong. It is a good idea for a starting point to delete all
your cookies.

- Stefan

> I have a logbook with an attribute that has a number of fixed values. I 
> use MOptions to prevent typos when entering and allow multiple "keywords".
> When searching the users can only search on one keyword.
> Is there any way to search on multiple values (AAA|BBB|CCC)? If I do not 
> use MOption, they can do this, but the users entering logs may mistype the 
> keywords.

Even with Moptions, you can put into the "Text:" line

(AAA|BBB|CCC)

and click on "Search text also in attributes". This is a valid regular
expression with searches for AAA or BBB or CCC. Unfortunately you still can
mistype the values. If I would add check boxes in the find page, it would not
be clear if one searches for an "AND" of several values or an "OR" (Most people
would probably think that they want an "AND" because this happens if they
restrict several attributes).

> If an attribute uses MOptions and is also extendable, clicking "Add 
> <attribute name>" and entering a value adds the value to the MOptions, but 
> does not put the value into the log entry. The log record has that 
> attribute blank.
> You have to go back into the record and edit it to put the new value in.

I fixed that bug just now, thanks for reporting it. It's available in revision
1.535 under CVS.

> 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?????

"Find menu commands" apply to the LIST of entries, while "Menu commands" apply
to the page where a SINGLE entry is shown. I know that "Find menu commands" is
a misleading name, but it's historical, I should change it to "Menu commands"
and change the other to "Entry menu commands", does that make more sense?

> I can export the Attributes I define easily and the Subject. Can't seem to 
> export the Entry Date and the Text fields.

I added at least the date and message ID to the CSV export. New version under CVS.

> I can export the Attributes I define easily and the Subject. Can't seem to 
> export the Entry Date and the Text fields.

The XML export contains both the Entry Date and Text fields. In CSV format,
it's hard to export the Text field since it can span several lines, which would
break the CSV format (one line per entry). Or do you know how multi-line
entries can be encoded in CSV?

I can export the Attributes I define easily and the Subject. Can't seem to 
export the Entry Date and the Text fields.

Help.