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Master Meal Manager Introductory Information
M A S T E R M E A L M A N A G E R
V E R S I O N 1 . 5 1
Copyright (c) 1989-1991
Thomas C. Johnson
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Master Meal Manager was designed to be fast and easy to use. With
it you can manage your recipes, automatically create meal
schedules, and produce shopping lists. Master Meal Manager has
the following features:
Recipe File Manager
=> A recipe file which will contain up to 500 recipes. Each
recipe can have the following information:
* A name up to 20 characters long.
* The types of meals it is used in. (Breakfast, Lunch,
Supper)
* The types of dishes it can be. (Beverage, Main, Side,
Dessert)
* A 30 character category field used to organize the
recipes.
* The number of servings the recipe makes.
* Up to 12 ingredients each defined by the quantity,
measurement, and name.
* Up to 9 lines of text for instructions, each line being
70 characters long.
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=> Recipes are laid out on the screen just as they would be on
a recipe card.
=> Recipes can be added, deleted, edited, and printed.
Automatic Meal Scheduler
=> An automatic meal scheduling capability which plans what
recipes to have each day for up to 14 days. The schedule
contains the day of the week and the date for each day in
the schedule. Each day is broken up into 3 meals
(breakfast, lunch, and supper) with each meal containing up
to 2 beverages, 2 main dishes, 5 side dishes, and 2
desserts.
=> The capability to edit and print the meal schedule once it
is created.
=> The capability of showing each day's schedule on the screen.
All meals and dishes are shown on the screen as they are
created and edited.
Shopping List Manager
=> Automatic creation of a shopping list from the meal
schedule. The shopping list maybe edited on screen and
printed out.
Program Control
=> Program, Screen Color, and Printer configuration control.
The program can be told to look anywhere on your system for
the files it uses. It can also be told how many servings are
needed for each meal and dish. The number of dishes for each
meal can also be changed for personal tastes. The program
can be told how to control your printer to print the
recipes, meal schedule and shopping list.
=================================================================
NOTE:
Master Meal Manager used to be named Meal Master, but due to
a name conflict with another software package, the name has
been changed to protect the innocent (ME).
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Master Meal Manager Introductory Information
G E T T I N G S T A R T E D
Getting Started
There really is nothing complicated about getting Master Meal
Manager running, but there are some things that should be made
clear.
What You Need
In order to run properly, Master Meal Manager needs...
=> an IBM PC, XT, AT or any close compatible with at least
one 5.25" 360K floppy drive.
=> at least 512K of available memory.
=> MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 2.0 or greater.
=> 80 column by 25 line monitor (Monochrome or Color).
=> a printer capable of printing 10 and 17 Characters Per
Inch (CPI); 6 and 8 Lines Per Inch (LPI).
=> The Master Meal Manager Distribution Disk
Making Working Copies
I would highly recommend making a working copy of the Master Meal
Manager disk and then put the original away in a safe place
BEFORE actually beginning to use Master Meal Manager. Master Meal
Manager will not work properly in the form received from the
distributor.
Single Floppy Drive
When you make your working disk, follow these steps:
NOTE:
The <== symbol means to press the RETURN key.
1 Format a floppy with DOS on it by typing:
FORMAT A: /S <==
2 Create a file on it with the name AUTOEXEC.BAT by
typing:
A: <==
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COPY CON: AUTOEXEC.BAT <==
ECHO OFF <==
CLS <==
MMM <==
3 Now press the F6 key and RETURN to finish entering the
commands.
4 Copy MMM.EXE and RECIPE.DAT from your original Master
Meal Manager disk to the working disk you just made.
COPY A:MMM.EXE B: <==
COPY A:RECIPE.DAT B: <==
You now have a bootable disk which will automatically come up
with Master Meal Manager running. Using Master Meal Manager this
way, the number of recipes you can have in your recipe file will
be limited to about 200. This is due to the program and other
files on the disk taking up much of the space on the disk.
Dual Floppy Drives
If you have two floppy disk drives you can have a larger recipe
file (about 300 recipes) if you put the data files on a separate
floppy disk. To do this do the following:
1 Format one floppy with DOS on it mark it "Master
Meal Manager WORKING DISK".
FORMAT A:/S <==
2 Format another floppy without DOS on it and mark
it "Master Meal Manager DATA DISK".
FORMAT A: <==
3 Put the floppy marked "WORKING DISK" in the A:
drive.
4 Create the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the floppy with
DOS on it as described above in step 2 for the
single floppy instructions.
5 Put the distribution disk in the B: drive and copy
MMM.EXE from it to the "WORKING DISK".
COPY B:MMM.EXE A: <==
6 Put the floppy marked "DATA DISK" in the A: drive.
7 Copy RECIPE.DAT from the distribution disk still
in drive B: to this disk.
COPY B:RECIPE.DAT A: <==
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8 Put the floppy marked "WORKING DISK" back in the
A: drive.
9 Put the floppy marked "DATA DISK" in the B: drive.
10 Make the A drive the default drive by typing:
A: <==
11 Start up Master Meal Manager by typing:
MMM <==
12 Change the default data drive in Master Meal
Manager by selecting the CONFIG option and then
the PROGRAM option. Then enter "B:\" in the "DATA
PATH" field. For details on how to do this, see
the chapter on CONFIGURATION MANAGER.
Hard Disk Drive
For a hard disk, you should begin by setting up a subdirectory to
contain the Master Meal Manager files. You can name this anything
you wish. Once that is done just copy all the files over to the
subdirectory from the floppy. Master Meal Manager is started by
typing MMM or putting that command into a batch file. For
example...
Create the subdirectory and copy the files by typing the
following:
C: <==
MD MMM <== (MMM is the name of the subdirectory)
CD MMM <==
PKUNZIP A:MMM151 <==
MMM
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PRINTING THE MANUAL
I recommend you print out the users guide provided on the
distribution disk. It explains how to use Master Meal Manager.
To print out the Master Meal Manager Manual, just type:
COPY MMM.DOC PRN <RETURN>.
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C O N V E R T I N G T H E O L D R E C I P E F I L E
If you have recipes from Meal Master 1.4, you will need to run
the CONVERT.EXE program to change the format of the old recipe
file to the format needed by Master Meal Manager 1.51.
CONVERT will read all the old recipes, copy the information you
had in them and rewrite it back to a new recipe file. This recipe
will have the same name (RECIPE.DAT) as the old.
I M P O R T A N T !!!!
ONCE CONVERT BEGINS, THE INFORMATION WILL NOT BE USABLE BY
MEAL MASTER 1.4. MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF THIS
FILE BEFORE PROCEEDING IF IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE RECIPE
FILE IN THE OLD FORMAT.
Once you are ready to begin the conversion, just enter
CONVERT<RETURN> to start. The program will guide you through the
process.
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