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NewMenu 2.0 (C)1994 by Mark Blackwelder -------- CONTENTS -------- + License Agreement + About NewMenu + System Requirements + Installing and Starting + User Manual -using online help -navigating windows -importing recipes -exporting recipes -searching -menus/recipes -menus window -menu window -recipe window -options -maintenance + How To Register ----------------- LICENSE AGREEMENT ----------------- NewMenu is owned and copyrighted by Mark Blackwelder. All rights are reserved except that you may make copies of NewMenu to give to other persons. You may not charge or receive any consideration from any other person for the receipt or use of NewMenu. You may not modify NewMenu in any way. Mark Blackwelder disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to this software and any accompanying written materials. This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may have others, which vary from state to state. In no event will Mark Blackwelder be liable for any damages whatsoever; including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business reputation, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss; arising out of the use of or inability to use NewMenu. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. Use of NewMenu constitutes acceptance of the stated terms and conditions. ------------- About NewMenu ------------- NewMenu is a custom database system for recipes. Many recipes are included, but that is only a sample. NewMenu allows importing new recipes from text files. Recipe text files can be found on many computer bulletin boards. If you register NewMenu you will receive thousands of recipes on disk. You can also create your own recipes and export them to a text file to share with friends. The real advantage of having your computer and NewMenu manage your recipes is the search function of NewMenu. Thousands of recipes can be searched, looking for key words or phrases in the title, list of categories, or the ingredients and directions of each recipe. As you find your favorite recipes they can be grouped together in menus, making it easier to find them later. Recipes can easily be printed in case your computer is not located in the kitchen. Features of NewMenu ------------------- o Super VGA graphics o windows interface o mouse support o uses popular recipe formats ------------------- System Requirements ------------------- - 80286 or higher processor - SVGA with at least 512kb - DOS 3.1 or later - a mouse is highly recommended ----------------------- Installing and Starting ----------------------- Installation is simple, just create a directory for NewMenu and copy all the files supplied into that directory. At a minimum the file NMENU.EXE and a recipe text file are needed. To start NewMenu, change the current directory to the directory where NMENU.EXE was placed and type NMENU <enter>. There are no command line arguments. When NewMenu is first run, you will need to import the recipes from the included recipe text file RECIPES.TXT, see the instructions below or have fun and just play with the import and help windows. ----------- User Manual ----------- Using Online Help ----------------- The help window can be opened by pointing at the window you want help with and clicking the right mouse button or pressing <F1> or <ctl F1> or just zooming the help window yourself. The help text is divided into sections, with the index at the top. To go to a section, click on the subject in the index or use the "prev" and "next" buttons. Navigating Windows ------------------ mouse: zooming windows - click on the button at the upper right corner of the window. moving windows - click and hold on the title of the window. closing windows - click on the button at the upper left corner, some windows can't be closed. online help - point at the window you want help with and press the right mouse button. quiting NewMenu - the quit button is in the System window. keyboard: next window - <tab> or <F6> swap window - <shft tab> or <ctl F6> zooming windows - <F5> moving windows - <F7> closing windows - <F4> some windows can't be closed. online help - <F1> help index <ctl F1> context sensitive quiting NewMenu - <alt x> while moving a window use the arrow keys or shft arrow keys to position the window then press <enter> to move the window or <esc> to cancel. if the active window has a scrolling text or list of items the arrow keys, <pgup>, <pgdn>, <home>, <end>, to scroll the text and position a pointer in a list. The <enter> and <space> keys can be used to select items in a list. Importing Recipes ----------------- Recipes on bulletin boards are kept in specially formatted text files. The import function reads these text files, adding the recipes to the database. Recipes are imported using the import window. Zoom the import window to full size. The "import file" is the name of the recipe text file you want to import from. To select it, click anywhere on that button in the window and type the name of the file, or click on the small list button in the right of the "import file" button to use the File window. The File window can be used to select a filename anywhere in the program a filename is needed. It shows a list of drives and directories on the left and filenames on the right. To change drives or directories just click on the item you want in the left list, "\" is the root directory and "\.." is the parent directory. When you find the directory you want, select the filename by clicking on the right list of names. When you have a file name selected, check the window's settings for what to do with duplicate and invalid recipes found in the file. Duplicate recipes are recipes with titles that are exactly the same as a recipe title already in the database. Invalid recipes are recipes that do not have a title or list of categories. If you choose "skip" the offending recipe is just skipped over. "log to file" will write the recipe to a text file so you can see what was skipped over. "import" will allow a duplicate recipe to be imported, it is the fastest setting since the program does not have to check for duplicates. With the file name and controls set, all that is left is pressing the "start" button. A bar graph shows the progress of the import. The "stop" button does everything it says it will. The recipe names that are imported are placed into a menu called "import". The evaluation copy of NewMenu has a limit of the number of recipes it will import. You should be able to make good use of the program even with this limit, but to have a cookbook with thousands of recipes online, please register NewMenu. Exporting Recipes _________________ Exporting recipes creates a recipe text file that you can give to someone else or upload to a bulletin board. NewMenu uses the most popular text file format. After you have the export window zoomed to full size, select a file name to export to. You can either type the name in, or use the file window to select a file. The file window is opened by clicking the small list button inside the "export file" button. Next select the menu containing the recipes you want to export. All the menus available are shown in a small scrolling list. Simply clicking on the name of the menu. The selected menu's name will appear in the text field beneath the list. Press the "start" button. If the file you named to export to already exists, a window will ask if you want to "append" (add to the end) or "overwrite" (delete) the old file. A bar graph will show progress and you can press "stop" to stop the export. Searching _________ The search window allows you to quickly search through the entire database of recipes keying on words or phrases found in different parts of a recipe. If you want to cook chicken you could search for the word "chicken" and the results of the search would be all the recipes that have chicken in them. You can narrow the search more by searching for more than one word like "chicken" and "orange". To use more than one word, separate the words by commas. Any words in the "anywhere" field will be looked for in the entire recipe including the title, categories, ingredients and directions. The list button inside the "anywhere" button will show a list of words that were searched for previously. Words in the "title" field are searched for only in the titles of recipes. The list button inside the "title" button also shows a history list of words. The words in the "category" field are searched for only in the categories of a recipe. The list button inside the "category" button shows a list of all the categories to choose from. With "whole words" turned off a word like 'pea' would match with 'pea', 'peas' and 'peanut'. If "whole words" is on 'pea' only matches with 'pea'. "any match" on allows any word in any of the fields to cause a match if found in a recipe. If "any match" is off, all the words in all the fields have to present in a recipe for it to be found in a search. The "start" button begins a search. The recipes found are placed in a menu called "search". To stop a search press "stop". Menus/Recipes _____________ Menus are collections of recipe names. A recipe can appear in more than one menu. Placing frequently used recipes into a menu allows you to find them easily. Menus can also be used to organize recipes into groups like breakfast, lunch and dinner. -menus window The menus window lists all menus. The search and import windows create their own menus when they perform their functions. You can also create your own menus by using the menus window's "new" button. The "rename" button allows you to rename an existing menu, first select one by clicking on the list of menus. The "delete button permanently deletes a menu, it does not delete the recipes in it. To see what recipes are in a menu, select the menu and press the "view" button or drag the menu name off the list and drop it outside the window or just double click on the menu name. A new window called a menu window opens listing the recipes in that menu. -menu window The menu window allows you to "print" recipes, all printer output goes to the port selected in the option window. Selecting a recipe then pressing "remove" removes the recipe from the menu, it does not delete the recipe from the database. To copy a recipe to another menu, select one then press "copy" and move the recipe name to the menu window you want it copied to and click the mouse. Recipes can also be copied by just dragging the name off the list and dropping it on the destination menu window. Pressing the "view" button opens yet another window called recipe window. -recipe window The recipe window shows the actual text of a recipe. To cycle through the recipes in the menu press "prev" or "next". "new" and "edit" allows you to create or change a recipe. "remove" removes the recipe from the menu but like the menu window, it does not delete the recipe from the database. "print" sends the recipe to the printer and "done" closes the recipe window. Options _______ From the option window the shape of the mouse cursor can be changed, just click on the shape you want. The port the printer is connected to can be selected with the "print to" button. The "time", "memory", and "help" buttons are used to turn those windows on and off. Closing the help window will save some memory. The "auto tile" and "sticky zoom" buttons work together to decide were windows will be placed. With "sticky zoom" on, windows zoom and shrink in place. Turning "sticky zoom" off allows the "auto tile" setting to decide how windows behave. If "auto tile" is on, windows will zoom to a clear area of the screen. When it is off windows will shrink to the spot where they were when small and zoom to the place where they were previously full size. Maintenance ----------- The maintenance window is where to be if you want to make global changes to recipes. To permanently delete recipes from the database, gather the recipes together in one menu, select that menu in the maintenance window and press "delete rec". "add cat" and "remove cat" add or remove a category from all the recipes in a menu. You must select the menu and category to use first. "rename" is used to rename the selected category. "delete" will permanently delete a category from all the recipes in the database. "rebuild database" can be used after a large number of recipes have been deleted. When a recipe is deleted it is not actually removed from the disk file, just marked as deleted. Doing a rebuild can take some time but it will make the disk file smaller by removing any recipes marked deleted. --------------- How To Register --------------- Thank you for trying NewMenu and supporting shareware. Unfortunately we can not give NewMenu away. You are encouraged to use it for a trial period. If you find it useful please register. When you register you will receive the latest version along with thousands of recipes. The instructions for registering are in the system window.