Colossal Cookbook/ColossalCookbook.cdr/mm/mealms15/readme

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░░▒▒▓▓██ M A S T E R   M E A L  M A N A G E R  1 . 5 ██▓▓▒▒░░

Master Meal Manager 1.5 offers you the same features that Meal Master 1.4 did,
with the following additional advantages:

      IMPROVEMENTS:

            + RECIPE.NDX file is no longer needed. (saves space on your disk)
            + Better screen prompts.
            + Recipe Manager Changes:
                  PGUP/PGDN keys move to top or bottom of recipe file
                  F2 key brings up recipe index to select from.
                  Expanded Category field
                  Index sorted by Category and Name
            + Printed recipe index now includes category field.
            + New data is loaded without exiting Master Meal Manager when the
          data path is changed.
            + Color screen display.
            + Improved shopping list display.
            + You may elect to have the shopping list resorted or not after
              editing.
            + Dish and Meal types no longer print on recipe cards.
            + Printed User's Guide available.

      BUG FIXES:
            + Rounding errors in printed recipes.
            + DOS errors don't crash the program.
            + Automatic addition of the "\" in the path name to prevent bad file
              name errors
            + Recipe names longer than 19 characters no longer cause the promt
              window to go blank in the RECIPE VIEW option.

NOTE: Master Meal Manager 1.5 used to be named Meal Master 1.5, but due to
a name conflict with another software package, the  name has been changed to
protect the innocent.

░░▒▒▓▓██ G E T T I N G   S T A R T E D ██▓▓▒▒░░

Getting Started

Here's how to get Master Meal Manager going most efficiently.

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).

    ■  an optional 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
You MUST make a working copy of the Master Meal Manager disk. There is not
enough room on the distribution disk to run Master Meal Manager.  Make a
copy of the distribution 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:

    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: ■
           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 "MEAL MASTER
           WORKING DISK".
              FORMAT A:/S ■

    2      Format another floppy without DOS on it and mark it "MEAL
           MASTER 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: ■

    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 use with on a hard disk, you should begin by setting up a
subdirectory to contain the Master Meal Manager files. You can name this
subdirectory 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 and could be
                  anything)

    CD MMM ■

    COPY A:*.* ■

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.TXT PRN <RETURN>.

The manual prints out in an 8.5X11 inch format.  It is about 30  pages long. If
you don't like this format, you can do your own editing by using your favorite
word processor on it.

If you just don't want to mess with the manual yourself, you may order a
preprinted copy of the manual. See the file called "REGISTER" for details.




          ░░▒▒▓▓██ MASTER MEAL MANAGER DISTRIBUTION FILES ██▓▓▒▒░░

The files included on the the distribution disk are as follows:

    MMM.EXE       -   Master Meal Manager Program
    RECIPE.DAT    -   File of recipes for use with Master Meal Manager
    MMM.TXT       -   Master Meal Manager Manual.  This file is set up so that
              all you need to do is copy it to your printer.
    REGISTER      -   Latest information on how to register Master Meal Manager
    README        -   This file.
    CONVERT.EXE   -   Converts the old recipe file to the new format required
                      by Master Meal Manager 1.5.

(There may be other files added by the various distributors, but your disk
should include the 5 files shown above.)




░░▒▒▓▓██ 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 desire to keep the recipes you have accumulated with 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 1.5.

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.