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MEAL-MASTER README! File --- Version 8.04
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This file contains important information to help you get the most from
Meal-Master. Please review this information before using the program.
If you have already registered Meal-Master, then THANK YOU! If not, we
hope you will enjoy evaluating the program and find it worth
registration.
HOW TO REGISTER MEAL-MASTER, AND WHAT YOU GET
---------------------------------------------
When registering Meal-Master, you will receive the latest program
version, several additional utility programs, and a professionally
typeset and bound 120+ page User's Manual with full descriptions and
examples of all Meal-Master features, including a complete index. You
will also receive a personal serial number for the program, which will
record your registration, allow access to the additional Registered
User features, extend the program's database capacity, eliminate the
request for registration from the title screen, and eliminate the
closing screen and associated delay countdown.
You can register Meal-Master any of the following ways:
Select the "R-Registration" option from Meal-Master's main menu,
then "O-Order form". Fill in the blanks, use your Print Screen
key (or Shift-PrintScreen if you are running within Windows) to
print the filled-in form. Mail it along with check, money order,
or credit card information to Episoft Systems at the address shown
on the program's initial title screen.
Print (or use your word processor to edit) the file ORDER.TXT,
fill in the blanks, and mail it to Episoft.
Credit card orders can now be placed on-line with our secure World
Wide Web site! Look for additional information on our web page:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/s_welliver.
If you have a Compuserve account, use Compuserve's "GO SWREG"
service to register electronically (SWREG #11237).
A NOTE ABOUT SHAREWARE
----------------------
Meal-Master is distributed as "Shareware." Shareware is not free
software. It is a distribution concept that allows a "try before you
buy" evaluation period of the software.
Any fee you may have paid to a shareware distribution service was for
their service and materials only, and does not provide any compensation
to the author. After evaluation, you are legally required to either
register the software you have with the author or discontinue using it.
If you continue using the software then registration is not optional;
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it is payment for the software you have already received on a "try
before you buy" basis.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SHAREWARE!
INSTALLATION - REGISTERED VERSION
---------------------------------
The Registered Master disk includes a program named "INSTALL". Simply
place the disk in your floppy drive, and type "A:INSTALL" (or
"B:INSTALL" if using drive B:) at the DOS prompt and follow the on-
screen prompts to install the program. All existing recipe files will
be preserved for use with the new software.
INSTALLATION - EVALUATION VERSION
---------------------------------
The evaluation version as prepared by Episoft is a single, self-
extracting archive file, "MM803.EXE". Simply type "MM803" at the DOS
prompt and follow the on-screen instructions. A different procedure
may be necessary if you received your copy from a shareware
distributor, time share service, or BBS system rather than Episoft.
ENTERING YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER
---------------------------------
When registering Meal-Master, you receive a personal serial number
which must be entered into the program to activate its registered user
features. To enter your serial number, start on Meal-Master's main
menu and select "R Registration Menu". Then select "E Enter
Registration Number", and enter your name and serial number EXACTLY as
provided on the Registration Sticker in your Registered User's Package.
The capitalization, spacing, and symbols must all be entered EXACTLY as
shown on your Registration Sticker.
Your registration information is recorded in a file named "MMREG.MMF".
If you distribute copies of Meal-Master to other users, be sure NOT to
include this file! Your registration information is for your personal
use only! If you pass on a copy of Meal-Master for someone else to
evaluate, be sure NOT to include your MMREG.MMF file.
Record the information from your Registration Sticker in a safe place,
like inside the cover of your User's Manual. Should you wish to
reinstall Meal-Master on a new machine, or if your program should ever
need to be reloaded from the master disk, you will need this
information to again enter your registration information. (However,
should you lose your registration number, Episoft can replace it.)
THE SAMPLE DATABASE
-------------------
If you are using Meal-Master for the first time, and want to try it out
without having to type in recipes, you can use the sample database
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provided. From the Main menu, select "U Utilities" then "I Import" and
specify "SAMPLE.TXT" for the file name. On the next menu, select "M
Mode: Automatic" then "S Start Importing". The sample database of 35
recipes will be loaded into the program, and you can immediately begin
trying the search, shopping list, index, and other features of Meal-
Master.
CAUTIONS/COMMON PROBLEMS
------------------------
If you use the EMM386.SYS memory manager with its NOEMS option, and run
Meal-Master under Microsoft Windows, and specify the "/EMS" switch when
starting MM.EXE, then you may receive a "violated system integrity"
message. There are three ways to correct this problem: 1) Do not
specify the /EMS switch when starting Meal-Master, OR 2) Remove the
NOEMS option from the EMM386.SYS line in your CONFIG.SYS file, OR 3)
Create a PIF file for MM and specify zero for the "EMS Limit" and "XMS
Limit" entries.
Some monochrome displays driven by color adapter circuitry
(particularly prevalent on laptop machines) often do not provide
sufficient gray scale contrast to differentiate between the text colors
used by the unregistered version of Meal-Master. If you encounter this
problem with the unregistered version, try using the DOS command "Mode
BW80" before running Meal-Master (the MODE command is found in the DOS
directory). Registered users can use the MMCOLOR program to set the
specific color combinations that work best on their machine.
You must have the file CONFIG.SYS in the root directory of your boot
disk, and it must contain the statement FILES=xx, where xx is a number
that is at least 30 (at least 50 if you are using Windows, Desqview, or
another environment that allows multiple applications running at once).
If this file is missing, does not contain the FILES= statement, or
specifies a value less than recommended, Meal-Master may not perform
all functions.
The PARM.MMF and CATFILE.MMF files created by some very old versions of
Meal-Master are occasionally incompatible with a newer version. If you
receive a "runtime error" when trying to start MM, try deleting these
files and then restarting the program. This will initialize new files
that are compatible with the current version.
Sight-impaired users with speech-synthesis equipment should start MM
with the "/C", "/T", and /NOCLOCK switches. The "/C" switch will route
screen output through BIOS services, where speech synthesis software
can intercept them. The "/T" switch (or "D" option on the
Maintenance/Setup menu) will cause unit of measure "t" (teaspoon) to be
displayed as "ts", and "T" (tablespoon) to be displayed as "tb