Fast foods have been added to the full version of this stack, by popular demand. These stacks are designed to work with versions of HyperCard 1.2 or higher. But the program will NOT work properly if you are in the “Browsing” mode of HyperCard. If you find that you cannot type into any field in HyperCard, you are in the “Browsing” mode. To change this, double-click on the “Home” stack to start HyperCard. Hit the left arrow key on your keyboard, or choose “Go Last” from the “Go” menu. You will see at least the first two of the following radio buttons: “Browsing”, “Typing”, “Painting”, “Authoring” and “Scripting.” If the “Browsing” button is selected, click on any other button. Then you may leave the Home stack. (NB: If you have the “Crippled” version of HyperCard 2.x that came with your Mac, you only have two choices: Browsing, and Typing. This prevents you from creating your own stacks! It is an open secret that if you choose Message from the Go menu, then type in “magic” and hit the return key, the other user levels will suddenly become available to you! There, now you know.)
There are three stacks in this program: Nutrition Demo, Nutrition Help, and Demo Source. DO NOT CHANGE THE NAMES OF THESE STACKS! Copy them to the same folder on your hard disk. Never open the "Demo Source" stack, start with the main stack. The first time you will have to click on "New Log." You may start as many logs as disk space will allow. Each log may be customized to a different user. You will have to enter your User Type information, then you'll be ready to start ordering foods. Only breakfast foods are available on this demo. Use the "Open Log" button on the opening screen to open logs you have already started.
For those of you who have seen my previous stacks, there are many new features in Version 2. The list of foods in the Full Version has been expanded to over 2700. I used the latest computerized nutritional data from the USDA Handbook 8. The RDA values have been updated to the 10th edition of the Recommended Daily Allowances, 1989.
Have fun exploring this demo. I hope you decide to order the full version. At $79, it is quite a bargain. The closest comparable program I have seen on the market retails for $290! All comments and suggestions are welcome. Thank you for your interest.
