******************************************************** Kitchen Assistant/2 README.1ST File ******************************************************** Kitchen Assistant/2 is a recipe management program for OS/2. Kitchen Assistant/2 provides the ability to search for recipes based on word(s) in the title, Group, or ingredient fields. Advance search logic available for complex searches. Multiple recipe databases can be maintained. Meal-Master recipe can be imported. This file contains important information to help you get the most from Kitchen Assistant/2. Please read the information provided below before using the program. ******************************************************** License Kitchen Assistant/2 is a copyrighted program. It is not public domain or free software. A limited license is granted for the purpose of determining suitability of the program. Registration is required for any use beyond a 30 day evaluation period. Unregistered copies of this program may be distributed providing that all the materials in this package are included in an unaltered form. Kitchen Assistant/2 package may be distributed in shareware collection as long as all the files are included in an unaltered form. Individual copies may not be sold or fees charged for more than the cost of the media without permission of the author. Registered user have the right to use this program for their personal use on one or more computers provided that only 1 copy is in use at the same time. Owners of registered Kitchen Assistant/2 may not transfer the registration or distribute copies of Kitchen Assistant/2 with the kitchen.ini file included. Copyright (C) Allan Nancoz 1994 ******************************************************** DISCLAIMER This software is provided as is with no warranties expressed or implied. Under no circumstances will I be liable for any loss of time, data or monies caused by your use of this program. ******************************************************** ABOUT SHAREWARE ---------------- Kitchen Assistant/2 is distributed as "Shareware". Shareware is not free software. It is a distribution to allow you to "try before you buy". If you received Kitchen Assistant/2 from shareware distribution service, any fees you may have paid was for their service and materials only, and does not provide any compensation to the author of Kitchen Assistant/2. After evaluation, you are legally required to register the Kitchen Assistant/2 program you have with the author if you decide to continue to use it. When registering Kitchen Assistant/2, you will also receive a personal registration number for the program, which can be used to register your current program. At the current time it is our plan to use the same registration number for any future versions. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SHAREWARE! ******************************************************** NEW INSTALLATION ---------------- To install Kitchen Assistant/2, unzip the kitchen.zip file into a the directory you want the program to be installed in or a temporary directory and execute the following command: INSTALL.CMD DirectoryPath Where: DirectoryPath is the Drive and path to the directory where you want the program to be installed in. You will be prompted if the directory path is correct. If the directory does not exist, it will be created. When the path is correct, the program will be installed. A program reference object will be generated for Kitchen Assistant/2 on your desktop. UPGRADING --------- If you are upgrading from a previous Kitchen Assistant/2 release, unzip the kitchen.zip file into a the directory where your previous version was located. Delete the kitchen.ini file your KA/2 directory. If your previous version of KA/2 was registered, you will have to reenter the registeration infomation. You will also need to perform a pack operation on all your recipe files to convert the unit of measure to the new 1-3 character KA/2 standard. If you do not the metric/USA conversion will not convert all the measures in your recipe. The conversion routines depend on all measure to be converted to be in standard 1-3 character abbreviations. ENTERING YOUR REGISTRATION INFORMATION -------------------------------------- If you have registered Kitchen Assistant/2 will have to enter the registration name, Serial number, and registration number into the program. To do this start up Kitchen Assistant/2 by entering KITCHEN.EXE or click on the program object. When the Product Information Screen is displayed, Press the Register button. You can also open the Product Information window by doing the following: Select the Help item in the menu bar, then select Product Information, and then press the Register button. At this point enter the register name and registration number that was assigned to you. Then press OK. ******************************************************** FILES PROVIDED WITH KITCHEN ASSISTANT/2 ---------------------------------------- Kitchen.exe The program Kitchen.hlp The On-line Help file Kitchen.dft This contains the various tables, settings needed by KA/2. ReadMe.1ST This file HISTORY.TXT List of new features and problem fixes. REGISTER.FRM Registration form PROBLEM.RPT Form for report problems SAMPLE.KA Sample recipes that can be imported. Use KA format to import. For those of you that have read this far, I would like some input from you about which recipe formats would you like to see KA/2 be able to import. Currently KA/2 will import Meal-Master. I will be adding more, but I would like to know which others are popular. I can be reached at the following addresses: Internet: anancoz@pipeline.com anancoz@interport.net Compuserve: 73777,13 US Mail: Allan Nancoz 349 Quincy Ave. Bronx, NY 10465-3011