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RECIPE MAKER
Recipe Maker is an application that was designed to help make
weekly grocery shopping, meal planning and recipe organization
easier. With the help of Recipe Maker, you will be able to plan
out each meal for an entire week, and in just minutes have a
complete shopping list of items needed to make those meals come
together.
Recipe Maker allows you to enter and store all of your recipes.
Once your recipes have been stored you can recall and print any one of
them in just seconds. Recipe Maker also stores and alphabetizes all of
the different ingredients and measurements that are necessary to make
your meals.
Recipe Maker is not public domain, nor is it free software.
You are granted a limited license to use this product on a trial
basis. You are also granted a license to copy Recipe Maker,
along with the documentation, for the trial use by other users.
If you wish to continue using the product, you must send $25 to:
NickleWare
c/o Bradley Nicholes
15817 130th Place S.E.
Renton, Wa. 98058
We encourage you to copy Recipe Maker and share it with
anyone who might be interested in making grocery shopping, meal planning
and recipe organization easier.
GETTING STARTED
REQUIREMENTS -
Microsoft Windows 2.1 or /386
IBM compatible PC 286/386
Before proceeding make sure that you have Microsoft Windows correctly
installed. Next create a directory called RECIPE and copy the Recipe Maker
software (RECIPE.EXE) into this directory. Then add the following entry
to the WIN.INI file which is probably in the same directory where windows
is installed.
[RECIPE]
DBPath=<drive>:<path>\
This tells Recipe Maker where to find the data files. The key word
DBPath is set equal to the <drive> and full <path> including the trailing
backslash, where the Recipe Maker data files will reside. For example:
[RECIPE]
DBPath=C:\Recipe\
When the above steps have been completed, Recipe Maker is
ready to be started. Simply start Recipe Maker by double
clicking on the RECIPE.EXE file from the Windows MS-Dos executive.
Recipe Maker will then create all of the data files it needs
to run, and place them on the drive and path that was specified in the
above entry.
MEASUREMENTS, INGREDIENTS, AND FOOD GROUPS LISTS
The measurements, ingredients, and food group lists, are really the
heart of the Recipe Maker database. These lists act as three separate
buckets that hold all of the information necessary to put your recipes
together. Each time you enter a measurement, ingredient, or food group
into a recipe, that information is pulled out of the corresponding bucket.
This concept makes for much easier and faster recipe entry and much less
effort on your part. Each of these three lists can be selected from the
main window FILE menu.
There are several FILE menu selections that are available to you
from each of the three lists' menu.
ADD. Once a new item has been entered, ADD may be selected from
the FILE menu. Recipe Maker will then quickly check the list to make
sure that the new item is unique. If it is, Recipe Maker will add the item
to the database. Otherwise Recipe Maker will tell you that you have entered
a duplicate.
CHANGE. To change an item, highlight the item and then choosing
SELECT from the FILE menu or double click on the item with the mouse. The
selected item will then appear in the edit box above the list. Edit the
item and then choose CHANGE from the FILE menu. Recipe maker will then
check the list to make sure that the changed item is unique and store it in
the database.
REMOVE. To remove an item from a list, highlight it and choose SELECT
from the FILE menu or double click on the item with the mouse. Then choose
REMOVE from the FILE menu. Recipe Maker will then ask you to confirm the
action. Depending on your response, the action will be completed or
canceled.
MEASUREMENTS LIST
Some of the first entries that must be made before you begin to enter
your recipes, are the measurements. These are the different measurements
that you will use in your recipes. For example "Cup", "Tablespoon", and
"Gallon" are some of the measurements that might be used.
FOOD GROUP LIST
The food group list is a simple list of the different types of
ingredients that will be entered into Recipe Maker's ingredients list.
These groups are such names as "Dairy", "Meats", or "Dry Goods". By
entering these food groups, Recipe Maker will be able to keep all of your
ingredients and shopping lists categorized, which will ultimately help
make your grocery shopping much easier and quicker.
INGREDIENTS LIST
The ingredients list is a list of all of the ingredients needed to
make your recipes. Before a recipe can be entered, all of the necessary
ingredients must be put into the ingredients list. A food group must also
be entered along with the ingredient name.
RECIPE AND INSTRUCTION CARDS
When RECIPE CARD is choosen from the main window FILE menu, Recipe
Maker will display blank recipe and instruction cards. The recipe card
consists of the recipe name and description, while the instruction card
contains the instructions, quantities, measurements, and ingredients. The
recipe name, description and instruction fields are text entry fields and
data can be typed in directly. Quantities, measurements and ingredients
are entered in the same way as described previously for a list.
Before a measurement or ingredient can be entered into a recipe, they
must first exist in the corresponding lists. As the cursor is moved
between the measurement and ingredient fields, Recipe Maker looks up the
entry in the database and displays the closest match, if one does not match
exactly.
Before an entry is added to the list, each of the three fields must
contain values. There may be times when a measurement does not apply. For
example, the ingredient "eggs" will usually have a quantity but not a
measurement. In this case the word "NONE" or something similar should be
entered into the measurements list to indicate that the measurment does not
apply. The resulting recipe entry will look like this:
QUANTITY MEASUREMENT INGREDIENT
2 NONE EGGS
After a recipe has been completely entered, it can be added to the
database by pulling down the Recipe Card's FILE menu and choosing SAVE.
Updating a recipe is similar to adding a new one, except
all of the recipe information already exists on the screen. When
the RECIPE CARD window is displayed, pull down the card's FILE menu
and choose OPEN. Recipe Maker will then display a list of all of the
recipes that currently exist in the database. To select a recipe, simply
highlight it and click on the SELECT button or double click on the item.
After a recipe has been selected, all the data will be displayed on the
recipe and instruction cards. The recipe can then be changed and saved in
the same manner as described above.
To delete a recipe, choose OPEN from the FILE menu, select a recipe,
and then choose DELETE from the FILE menu. Recipe Maker will then delete
the recipe from the database.
To print a recipe, choose OPEN from the FILE menu, select a recipe,
and then choose PRINT from the FILE menu. Recipe Maker will then format
the recipe information and print it.
WEEKLY PLAN AND SHOPPING LIST
The WEEKLY PLAN window allows you to plan out an entire week of meals
and have Recipe Maker compile a shopping list to match your plan. Once
this selection has been made, Recipe Maker will display a window containing
a list for each day of the week plus a miscellaneous list, and a list of
all of the recipes in the database. The way to plan out a week is to
highlight a recipe in the recipe list, pull down the WEEKDAYS menu and
choose a day. Recipe Maker will place the name of the selected recipe
in that day's list. When you have finished planning the week, pull down
the FILE menu and choose CREATE LIST. Recipe Maker will then compile a
list of all the ingredients needed to make the selected recipes.
If you have just created the shopping list from the WEEKLY PLAN
window, you will most likely want to edit or add to it. After selecting
the SHOPPING LIST window, Recipe Maker will display the shopping list
and give you the option to add, change or remove any item, or print
the list. You also have the option to indicate the quantity to
buy. Once the shopping list has been edited completely, it is then ready
to be printed. Turn your printer on and choose PRINT from the FILE menu.
Recipe Maker will then categorize the list by food group and print out
your shopping list.
SPECIAL FEATURES
DRAG AND DROP - Whenever an item is being transfered from one list to
another, the item may dragged and dropped. This means that an item can be
selecting with the mouse pointer, and while still holding the mouse button
down, position the mouse pointer on top of the destination entry field.
When the mouse button is released the selected item will appear in
the entry field. For example, if an ingredient is being added to a recipe,
the ingredient can be dragged and dropped from the ingredients list to the
ingredient field on the instruction card.
CLIPBOARD - The clipboard is a convenient way of transferring data
between Recipe Maker and other Windows application or between different
Recipe Maker windows. To use the clipboard functions simply highlight any
text that is displayed in an entry field, pull down the EDIT menu and
choose COPY or CUT. The COPY function will place a copy of the highlighted
text in the Windows clipboard. The CUT function also places the highlighted
text in the clipboard but also removes it from the entry field. To retrieve
text from the clipboard, place the cursor at the position inside an
entry field where the clipboard text should be inserted or appended. Then
pull down the EDIT menu and choose PASTE. The clipboard text will be
placed in the entry field at the cursor position.
EXITING
When you have finished using Recipe Maker, you should exit
via the EXIT from the main window's FILE menu. If you forget and turn
your computer off before exiting, Recipe Maker can not guarantee
that your recipes have been saved completely. It is very
important that you always exit Recipe Maker via this selection.
GOOD LUCK AND EASY SHOPPING!!!
This documentation must accompany the Recipe Maker software.
NickleWare
Copyright (C) 1990 Bradley Nicholes