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P C - B A R T E N D E R (For Windows) Version 1.1 Including an excellent selection of no-alcohol drinks U S E R' S M A N U A L Shareware Published by: HomeCraft Software P.O. Box 974 Tualatin, OR 97062 (503) 692-3732 (voice) (503) 692-0382 (fax) Compuserve: 71450,254 MEMBER: Shareware Trade Association & Resources (STAR) _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER This manual and accompanying software Copyright 1993, 1994 by H.C.P. Services Inc. All Rights Reserved WELCOME TO SHAREWARE This software is distributed as shareware. This means you can try this software to find out whether you like it, before you actualy buy it. This software is fully functional, it is not limited or crippled in any way. You may have obtained this software from a shareware disk vendor, a bulletin board or a friend--and please feel free to share copies of it with your friends or to upload it to your favorite bulletin board(s). If you find you like this software, and you've been using it for more than 30 days, or plan to use it in the future, you must register as a user. Registration Information The cost to register a single copy of this software is $29.95 (plus $4.00 S&H). Even though you may have purchased this disk from a retail store, you have not purchased a registered copy. What you've paid was a fee that compensates the vendor and store for their costs, time, and effort in making this disk available. When you register you will receive: [] An expanded database of recipes that with more recipes! --including health and energy drinks, food recipes, and fun drinks for kids and family parties (nonalcohol drinks for kids, of course). [] The latest version of the software, including features and improvements made since the shareware was released. These will include the ability to enter food receipes, and even link food and drink recipes--plus we're working on many other improvements, all of which you'll get when you register as a user. [] Send us your favorite recipes when you register, and you can receive up to a $5.00 discount. See the order form for more information. [] A complete printed users manual. [] Free notices about updates and add-on products that can be used with PC-Bartender. [] Up to a 50% discount on other HomeCraft Software products including specialized database and home productivity software. MULTIPLE COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS If you wish to use this software on a network or simultaneously on more than one computer (eg. on a computer at home and another computer at work), you need a site license. Please contact HomeCraft for more information about site licenses. PC-BARTENDER (For Windows) U S E R L I C E N S E A G R E E M E N T NOTICE! - This manual and the enclosed software is provided to you on the express condition that you agree to this software license. By using this software you agree to the following provisions. <1> This manual, the enclosed software and the disks on which it is contained are licensed to you, for your own use only. This is copyrighted software. You are not obtaining title to the software or any copyright rights. You may not sublicense, rent, lease, modify, translate, convert to another programming language, decompile, or disassemble the files for any purpose. <2> You may make as many copies of these files as you need for backup purposes and copies may be given away provided no fee is charged. Private individuals may use this software on more than one computer, provided there is no chance it will be used simultaneously on more than one computer. This software may not be used on more than one computer, nor installed on more than one hard disk, nor installed on a network when used by a business, corporation, government agency or department, or institution of any kind. If you need to install this software on more than one computer or on a network, please contact us for information about a site license. WARRANTY - HCP SERVICES INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED. NEITHER HCP SERVICES, INC. NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE EVEN IF HCP SERVICES, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. IN NO EVENT SHALL HCP SERVICES, INC.'s LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES EVER EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF CLAIM. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE. Some states do not allow the exclusion of the limit of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oregon and shall inure to the benefit of HCP Services, Inc. and any successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent jurisdiction located in Multnomah County, Oregon. The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts." Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of H.C.P. Services, Inc. or HomeCraft Software. This manual and accompanying software is copyrighted and protected under both Federal Law and the Berne Convention (international law). TRADEMARKS IBM PC, PS/2, AT, XT, and PC-DOS are trademarks of IBM. MS-DOS and OS/2 are a trademark of Microsoft. PC-BARTENDER is a trademark of H.C.P. Services, Inc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It takes many persons to create a program such as this and I wish to express my appreciate for their work and efforts. The development team includes: Rod McMillon and Richard Hoxie who wrote the program code for this new version of PC-Bartender. Lois Druzilowski who wrote the manual. Steve Hudgik who wrote specifications, is marketing, and is providing the support for this software. Robert Taylor who researched and keyed in all of the drink recipes. And Diane Taylor who proof-read Robert's work. My thanks to you all! This software is marketed as shareware by HomeCraft Software. This program is marketed by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 HomeCraft Software P.O. Box 974 Tualatin, OR 97062 (503) 692-3732 (VOICE) (503) 692-0382 (FAX) TABLE OF CONTENTS _________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION ...................... 01 System Requirements 01 Installation 02 GETTING STARTED ................... 03 Selecting A Recipe To View 03 Recipe Size 04 Cocktail/Mocktail 05 Type Of Drink 06 Searches 06 Ingredient Inventory 07 Terms And Substitutes 08 Adding A New Recipe 08 Establishing Recipe Links 09 Delete A Recipe 11 Editing A Recipe 11 _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 1 INTRODUCTION ______________________________________________________________ Thank you for trying this software--PC-Bartender. I hope you find it to be useful and fun, and that you learn about some tasty new drinks! We've tried to make this software as easy-to-use as possible, essentially all you have to do is point and click. For example, if you are planning a party and want to mix up enough Margaritas for 20 people, a few clicks of your mouse and you can convert the recipe to one that serves 20--and all of the measurements will be converted to the most convenient form. What was measured in ounces for one drink is now shown as cups and pints when scaled up to twenty people. I'll start be describing how to install PC-Bartender; then go over a quick summary of the features in the software. This will be followed by a detailed description of how to use each feature. Although you can probably figure out how to use the software without reading this manual, everything you need to know is here, if you need it. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS___________________________________________ To use this software you must have an IBM compatible computer that is running Windows version 3.1 or higher. A hard disk with at least 2.4mb of free space is required. A printer is recommended if you wish to print copies of recipes. ________________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 2 INSTALLATION ______________________________________________________ You may install PC-Bartender For Windows either from the DOS prompt or while using Windows. INSTALLING AT THE DOS PROMPT Place the floppy disk in your "A" disk drive. If the disk goes in the "B" drive, replace the letter "A' with the letter "B" throughout these instructions. Get the "A>" prompt on the screen, type INSTALL and push ENTER. Follow the directions that appear on the screen when you are asked to enter a drive and path. INSTALLING USING WINDOWS Place the floppy disk in your "A" disk drive. If the disk goes in the "B" drive, replace the letter "A' with the letter "B" throughout these instructions. Go to the Program Manager screen and click on "File" to display the File Menu. Then, on this menu, click on "Run". This will display the Run box. Next click on the "Browse" button, set the drive to the "A" drive, and then double click on "INSTALL.EXE" in the Filename box. This will return you to the Run box. Click on "OK" and then follow the directions that appear on the screen. The software requires almost 1.6mb of disk space, and must be installed on a hard disk. You can not use this software on a floppy disk. If you'd like to save some disk space, you can erase the VBRUN300.DLL file, if this file is already in the SYSTEM subdirectory of your WINDOWS directory. Many other programs use this file, and it may already be installed on your hard disk. Should you install the PCB software a second time, when it asks you whether you want to overwrite a file, push "N" for no. Overwriting files may cause some the existing recipe files to be replaced by the original files on the floppy disk. ________________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 3 GETTING STARTED ________________________________________________________________ PC-Bartenter has three basic functions: 1) Search for and select drink recipes. 2) Enter new recipes and edit existing drink recipes. 3) Convert and adjust the amount of ingredients used in a recipe. Selecting A Recipe To View______________________________________ There are two screens in PC-Bartender that you will be using the most. THe first of these is the one that is displayed when the software is started. This screen has three boxes: "Select A Drink", "Search", and "Type Of Drink To Show". We'll start by looking at the "Select A Drink" box. The "Select A Drink" box shows a list of all drink recipes. To see the recipe for a drink, double click on the name of the drink. The "Select A Drink" box displays the names of ten drinks at a time. To see additional drinks use the the slider on the right side of the box. You can also use the up/down cursor keys to move the blue scroll bar up and down through the list of drinks. When the scroll bar reaches the top or bottom of the list, the list will scroll up or down to show additional drinks (unless you are at the end of the listing). For the cursor keys to work, the "Select A Drink" box must be selected as the active box. This is indicated by a yellow border around the scroll bar. Let's take a look at an example. Put the mouse cursor on the round button next to "Both" in the "Type Of Drink To Show Box". Then click the left mouse button. (Do this even if the "Both" option is already selected). Notice that a box appears around the word "Both". This indicates that the "Type Of Drink To Show" box is now active and pushing the cursor keys will select among the three options. Now put the cursor on the blue scroll bar in the "Select A Drink" box and click the left mouse button. Notice tha a fuzzy, _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 4 yellowish border appears around the outside edges of the scroll bar. Pushing the cursor now will move the scroll bar in the "Select A Drink" box. In some cases you will see the name of a drink listed twice in the "Select A Drink" box. This means that there is both a cocktail and a mocktail (no-alcohol) recipe for that drink. If several variations are included for a drink, they will be identified by having the terms "Variation One", "Variation Two", etc. included as a part of the name of the drink. Viewing A Drink Recipe__________________________________________ To see the recipe for a drink, use the scroll bar to highlight the name of the drink and then click on the "View" button. You can also display a recipe by double clicking on the name of the drink. Notice that the names of each button include an underline letter. You can push a button, without using a mouse, by holding down the ALT key and pushing the letter that is underlined. The name of the drink, the type, and the recommended type of glass for serving the drink will always be shown at the top of the screen. The ingredients, and the quanities required will be shown in a box just below them. And below that is the box giving the directions for mixing the drink. The controls on the right side of the screen allow you to modify the recipe. Recipe Size_____________________________________________________ The upper right corner of the screen has a box titled "Serves". When a recipe is first displayed the recipe will be sized to serve one person. You can change this by clicking on the Up Arrow in this box to increase the number of people served. Clicking on the Down Arrow decreases the number of people served. You can also change the number directly by clicking inside the box containing the number of people that can be served. A cursor bar will appear and you can use the Del key to delete the number that is already there and replace it with a new number. PC- Bartender can adjust recipes so they serve anywhere from one person up to 999 people. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 5 English/Metric Units_________________________________________ PC-Bartender can display recipes using either English or metric measurements. To change the setting, click on the button for the measurement method you want to use. Cocktail/Mocktail____________________________________________ Some of the drink recipes in PC-Bartender have both cocktail (includes alcohol) and mocktail (taste alike, no-alcohol version) recipes. If the recipe that is being displayed includes alcohol, the "Cocktail" button will have a black dot in it. If the recipe being displayed does not include alcohol the black dot will be in the "Mocktail" button. You can switch between the cocktail and mocktail version of a drink by clicking on appropriate button. If a button is shown in gray, then there is no version of the recipe for that type of drink. View A Drink Screen - Push Buttons_______________________________ Clicking on the "Top" push button will display the recipe for the first drink in the list. Clicking on the "Bottom" push button will display the recipe for the last drink in the list. Clicking on the "Previous" button will display the recipe for the drink that come just before the one currently being displayed. Clicking on the "Next" button displays the recipe for the drink that is listed immediately after the drink that is currently displayed. The "Edit" button let's you modify the information in a recipe. I'll discuss the feature in more detail later. The "Print Drink" button will print a copy of the recipe currently being displayed. BE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS TURNED ON, HAS PAPER IN IT, AND IS ON-LINE. Click on the "OK" button to leave this screen and return to the screen used to select a drink. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 6 When PC-Bartender is first started it will display the names of all of the available drinks. You can reduce the number of drinks in various ways. For example, you can tell the software to just display the names of cocktails (drinks containing alcohol). Type Of Drink To Show__________________________________________ The "Type of Drink to Show" box let's you limit the listing of drink names to just one type. Click on the "Cocktail" button to list just those drinks that contain alcohol. Click on the "Mocktail" button to list just the drinks that do not contain alcohol. To get a complete listing, click on the "both" button. Searches_______________________________________________________ The "Search" box provides a way for you to create a specific listing of drinks. There are four ways you can search for drink recipes. Search By Name_________________________________________________ This search will list all drinks that contain a specified word or phrase in their name. To start this type of search click on the "By Name" button, and then type in the word or phrase you want to find. All matching drink names will be listed in the "Select A Drink Box". Here's an example. Let's say you want to find the recipe for IRISH COFFEE. Start by clicking on the "By Name" button. Then enter "Coffee". You could enter "Irish Coffee", but the software can find any word contained within a drink name. By entering just "Coffee" you'll find the drink you want and you may spot something else that looks interesting. Now either push the ENTER key or click on the "Do Search" button. A list of all drinks that contain the word "Coffee" will be display. You can select an view a recipe as described in the previous section. Search By Ingredients___________________________________________ You can search all of the recipes in PC-Bartender to find those that include a specific ingredient. To do this click on the "By Ingredient" button and then type in the name of the ingredient you want. The software will then list the names of all of the drinks that include that ingredient. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 7 Search By Drink Type____________________________________________ The third way to search for drinks is by drink type. When you click on the "By Drink Type" button a box, containing the drink type currently selected will appear. Click on the arrow that is on the right side of the box (or push ALT- and the Down Cursor key). This will display a list of the various drink types. Use the scroll bar to highlight the type of drink you want, and then push ENTER. Or just double click on the drink type you want to list. All of the drinks of that type will then be listed in the "Select A Drink Box". Search By Inventory Available__________________________________ The last search will give you a list of all the drinks you can make with the ingredients you have on hand. Just click on the "By Inventory Available" button to get this listing. In order for this search to work you need to be using PC- Bartender to keep an inventory of available ingredients. The "Inventory" button on the right side of the screen is used to switch the software into the inventory mode. Ingredient Inventory___________________________________________ The ingredient inventory is used to help you keep track of the drink ingredients you have on hand. You should enter all ingredients that make up a drink, not just the various liquors. Include ingredients such as limes, orange juice, cream, etc. To enter an item into the inventory, click on the "Add" button. This will display the "Inventory Edit" window with three boxes. Type in the quanity, the container information, and a description of the inventory item. The quanity is the number of bottles, pints, quarts, etc. that you have. The information that goes in the "Container" box describes the container, if there is one. Containers might be "one-quart bottles", or "box of one-dozen" (for eggs). The "Inventory Item" is a description of the item. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 8 PC-Bartenter comes with a few examples entered in the inventory to give you and idea of the type of information that is entered. Once you have entered the information for an item, click on "OK" to save it in the inventory. An inventory item can be deleted by highlighting it with the scroll bar and clicking on the "Delete" button. Any of the inventory items can be edited by highlighting it with the scroll bar, and then clicking on the "Edit" button. This will display the same window you saw when entering a new item, except that the information from the highlighted item will be shown. To exit from the Inventory window click on the "Exit" button. Terms And Substitutes____________________________________________ Back on the opening screen, just below the "Inventory" button, there is a button titles "Terms/Subst". Click on this button to see a list of terms and definitions. A substitution box, located below the definitions box, shows what can be used as a substitute if a recipe calls for the highlighted item and you don't have it available. You can quickly skip around in the list of definitions by pushing the first letter of the word you want to see defined. This will cause the list to jump directly to the first item that begins with that letter. To leave this screen click on the "Exit" button. Adding A New Recipe____________________________________________ The "Add" a recipe and edit a recipe features are essentially the same. To add a recipe click on the "Add" button on the opening screen. This will display a blank recipe edit window titled "Edit A Drink Recipe". I'll discuss each of the boxes on this screen, one at a time. The cursor will be in the top box, "Drink Name". Start by typing in the name of this drink. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 9 Next click on the "Drink Type" box. This will display a list of drink types. Select the type that is appropriate for this drink by putting the cursor on it and double clicking. (Type in new type??) If you wish to specify a type of glass to be used, click on the "Glass" box, scroll through the list until you find the type of glass you want to specify, then double click on it. The next box is titled "Other Drink (Cocktail/Mocktail)". PC- Bartender allows you to link drink recipes so that when a cocktail recipe is displayed, you can immediately switch to the recipe for the mocktail version of that drink. It also works the other way. If a mocktail recipe is displayed, you can immediately switch to the cocktail version of the recipe. This link is established by using this box to specify which drinks should be linked. Here's how you would enter two drinks that are to be linked: Establishing Recipe Links_____________________________________ 1) Enter the complete recipe for the cocktail version of the drink. 2) Enter the complete recipe for the mocktail version of the drink. Then click on the "Other Drink (Cocktail/Mocktail)" box to display the list of drinks. Find and double click on the name of the drink recipe you just entered in step one. This establishes the link from the second recipe to the first. Save this recipe by clicking on the "Update" button. 3) On the Main Screen find the drink entered in step one, and view this recipe. On the "View a Drink Recipe" window click on the "Edit" button. This will display a screen that looks like and functions just like the screen used to enter a new drink. Click on the "Other Drink (Cocktail/Mocktail)" box to display the list of drinks. Find and double click on the drink entered in step one. This establishes the link from the first recipe to the second. Save this recipe by clicking on the "Update" button. Thanks how to link two drinks together. Now let's finish going over how to enter a new drink. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 10 Entering Ingredients___________________________________________ The main part of the screen used to enter a new drink is taken up by a box titled "Edit Ingredients". This box includes an "Add", "Edit" and "Delete" button. To add an ingredient to the recipe, click on the "Add" button.Ingredients are added one at a time. This gives the software the time it needs to set up the quantities portion of the ingredient so that it can easily by converted to larger quanties or other units of measurement. When you click on the "Add" button, a new window will open. The top section of this window is used to enter the amount of the ingredient to be included in the recipe. If you have set the software for English units, you will see a large box, a smaller one to the right, and then a slash and another box to the right of that. English amounts are always entered using fractions. For example, to enter 1-1/2 ounces, type the number "1" and push enter. This will move the cursor to the next box. Then type the number "1" again. (This is the "1" part of the fraction "1/2"). Push ENTER. Finally enter the number "2" and push ENTER. The amount has now been entered. In the "Unit" box you can type in any unit of measurement you'd like. This box also provides a list of measurements. If you want the software to recognize the measurement and be able to convert it to other units, you'll need to select a unit of measurement from the list. Next click on the "Ingredient Name" box and type in the name of the ingredient. Click on the "OK" button to enter this ingredient into the recipe. This will close the "Edit Ingredient" box. You'll now be back at the "Edit A Drink Recipe" window and you can enter the next ingredient. You can edit an ingredient that has already been entered in the recipe by highlighting it with the scroll bar and then clicking on the "Edit" button. You can delete an ingredient from the recipe by highlighting it with the scroll bar and clicking on the "Delete" button. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 11 Recipe Directions_______________________________________________ The final step in entering a drink recipe is to type in the directions. Put the cursor in the "Directions" box and push the left mouse button. The cursor will move to the "Directions" box. You can now type in the instructions to be followed to mix this drink. Once all of the recipe information has been entered, click on the "Update" button to save the recipe. If you do not wish to save the information you've just entered, then click on the "Cancel" button. Editing A Recipe_______________________________________________ Editing a recipe is done in almost exactly the same way as entering a new recipe--the exact same screen is used. The only difference is that when you are editing and existing recipe, the "Edit A Drink Recipe" screen will contain the information for that recipe when it is displayed. To edit a recipe you'll first need to display the recipe using the "View a Drink Recipe" window. Then click on the "Edit" button to go to the "Edit A Drink Recipe" window. You can now replace, edit, type over, or select new information for this recipe. When you have made all the changes you want to make, click on the "Update" button to update the recipe file and save the modified recipe. Delete A Recipe__________________________________________________ A recipe can be completely deleted from the drink file by going to the Main Screen; use the scroll bar to highlight the recipe to be deleted; then click on the "Delete" button. _______________________________________________ PC-BARTENDER - 12 Conclusion_______________________________________________________ we've tried to make PC-Bartender so that all of the information you need is provided on the screen. We've used the power of Windows to make using this software as easy as possible. I hope you enjoy using this software and we look forward to getting your registration. Remember, when you register you will get a new version of PC- Bartender than includes hordeauve and snack recipes as well as drink recipes that can be linked to drink recipes. Plus you'll get a larger drink recipe file, a printed manual (with illustrations that make it easier to see what the manual is talking about), and the latest version of the software (including any other improvements and modifications we've made since the software was released. You'll also get a free subscription to HomeCraft's user newsletter and up to 50% off the registration price of other HomeCraft Software products. Thanks for your support!