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- MM-TO-QB.BAS
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- Version 1.4
-
- by
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- John P. Nicholson
- 1109 Mc Kinley Ave
- Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310
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- FidoNet 1:308/10
- (505) - 437-2280 - HST
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- This basic program is here-by placed into the Public Domain
- and can be freely distributed, copied, modified, compiled or
- deleted. The author makes no warranties that this program will
- or will not work on your system. Use at your own risk.
-
- COPYRIGHT CREDITS
-
- Meal Master (C) Quikbook (C)
-
- Episoft Systems Robert J. Butler
- Suite # 143 7432 Sheridan Ave. South
- 10121 Evergreen Way Richfield, Minnesota 55423
- Everett, Washington 98204
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- PROGRAM INTENT
-
- The program MM-TO-QB.BAS is a conversion utility that can be
- used with the program FOOD20.BAS. The conversion program will
- take the file MEALMAST that is produced by FOOD20.BAS and use it
- as input for MM-TO-QB.BAS and convert the MEALMASTER Recipe files,
- (6.14 and 6.15) to QuikBook format. The converted file will have
- the name MM-QBOUT. The file MM-QBOUT may then be used as input
- for the QuikBook Recipe program.
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- PROGRAM FEATURES
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- MM-TO-QB requires either BASIC.EXE or BASICA.COM in order
- for the program to function. To operate, execute Basica or Basic
- with the commands: BASIC/F:2 or BASICA/F:2 depending upon which
- basic you have. Load the MM-TO-QB program and type RUN enter. The
- conversion program looks for the file MEALMAST that contains the
- recipes to be converted & creates an output file called MM-QBOUT.
- The first line of the input file that says ------------- Recipe
- will be converted to -Begin Recipe Export-. The third line of the
- input file which is the name of the recipe or Title: will be
- converted to QuikBook format. The fourth line of input
- Categories: will be converted to Keywords: for QuikBook
- compatibility and the remaining lines of the recipe will be copied
- word for word to the output file until the program encounters the
- line of dashes that indicate the end of a MealMaster recipe. This
- line will be converted to -End Recipe Export-.
-
- One of the nicer features of this program is that it will
- use the Categories of MealMaster output and replace the spaces
- between categories with a "," so as to be compatible with Quikbook
- Keyword format. Some MealMaster recipes will have as its first
- Category "Main meal". MM-TO-QB conversion program will not put a
- comma between Main and meal so that the two words become an index
- | key for QuikBook. If "Main meal" is not first, it becomes 2 words.
- | The same holds true for "Side dish", as long as this is the first
- | category there will not be a comma between "Side" and "dish".
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- PROGRAM NOTES
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- WARNING - the input file MEALMAST must not have any garbage
- characters embedded in the first or last line of the recipes.
- this input file will have to capable of being imported into the
- Meal Master Recipe program as being error free or the MM-TO-QB
- program will produce either nothing or garbage due to the GIGO
- (Garbage in - Garbage out) syndrome. This program will convert
- either MM614 or MM615 recipes to QuikBook format. (MM615 has two
- extra dashes in the first and last lines.
-
- I hope you enjoy using this program as much as I enjoyed the
- challenge of writing it. Watch for other conversion programs as
- time permits. The author can be reached via FidoNet 1:308/10
- Netmail or by calling Fast-Kode BBS on (505) 437-2280 or call my
- residence on voice (your nickel - no collect calls) on (505) 437-
- 4308.
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