Log Book

Overview

This provides a control panel to input logbook information to a notebook in an efficient and consistent manner. The notebook content is by default formatted in markdown syntax, however this option can be toggled off to create a rich-text level notebook, e.g. for export to a cleaner looking PDF file.

Features

The start of every notebook is stamped with the date and experiment information.

Sections are provided to grab comments, graphics, history, and a folder directory. If you have pictures in the experiment, you can also choose to insert them in the notebook.

The input comments can contain dynamic codes to execute a function or operation call.

  • %date() - inserts the date at that point in the notes
  • %MyStringList(10) - inserts the string results from MyStringList(10) at that point in the notes
  • #print date() - prints the date to the history area
  • #MyFunction(10,3,5) - runs my function with the given parameters
  • #{MyOperation parameters} - runs my operation with the given parameters
  • %cliptext - put clipboard text
  • %clippict - put clipboard picture

The notebook is saved using the Save Notebook button. An example below shows a saved markdown notebook viewed in Obsidian. The pictures are exported in a separate folder. The file naming sequence is autocorrected before export. Shift-click on the Save Notebook button to autocorrect the naming without exporting.

The captions tags are generated using the Windows Notes package.

Distribution Details

  • Experiments: none
  • Procedure Files: LogBook.ipf
  • XOPS: none
  • Demos: none
  • Requires Packages: NONE*
  • Help Files: LogBook.ihf
  • Other Documentation: the Web pages for this project

Images:

Example to create a notebook using this package. Notebook view in Obsidian LogBook Panel v4.30

Project Details

Current Project Release

4.30

Release File: LogBookv4.30.zip (412.83 KB)
Version: 4.30
Version Date:
Version Major: 4
Version Patch Level: 30
OS Compatibility: Windows Mac-Intel
Release Notes:

Improved/Modified Code / UI

  • relocated certain controls to adjust for new features
  • decreased size of comments section and increased size of lists of graphics
  • added button for HELP (following on the approach taken by @Tony in his panels) 

Added Features

  • the graphics list now captures sub-windows attached to graphs, specifically panels on graphs
  • the panel can now be shrunk to an icon that will move itself to the immediate right of the currently active notebook
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