Now You're Cooking! Changelog

What's new in Now You're Cooking! 5.97

Jan 13, 2021

In Fitness (Body Fat tab), user can enter target body fat% to get target weight for user’s lean mass
Add Tools... Options... Back Up tab for setting backup reminder and interval
Add button to let user revert to default global find and replace list (findkeys.def)
Expand keywords for auto-assign categories (autokeys.lst, autokeys.def)
Expand keywords for global find and replace (findkeys.lst, findkeys.def)
Add option for user-specified interval between backup reminders
Update external app paths in NYC's emergency rebuild of nyc.stg to match installed defaults
Add ToolTip help to buttons on Upgrade, Nutrition Analysis, Fitness, and other windows
Warn user about potential data loss when user decreases menu end date
Improve error trapping when using menu calendar buttons to change start-end dates
Improve menu editing: if menu start date set forward or back, menu is preserved starting at new date
Add default find and replace list (findkeys.def) to install routine under main folder
Change “ECC” to “net carbs (g)” on nutrition analysis windows
Update registration prices expiry to Dec 31, 2021 (refer to website after that)
Improve default backup filename when using Browse… on File… Backup…
Make new routine to write re-created default category list and after-editing list
Write 42-item (was 24-item) default category list (catlist.def) if none found during category list edit
Update manual and help content for all NYC 5.97 functional changes
Expand NYC Data Stats window (add #aisle names, allow 190 char. tips without truncation, add and update tips)
Update and clarify dated topics throughout Help file
Update Help About window with reg info when reg code entered successfully in reg code entry window
Add main dictionary label to display of active dictionaries in Tools… Options… Spell Check tab
Update all Tools… statements in Help and manual for consistent and proper syntax
On print cookbook window, change 'Delete' button to read 'Remove'
In edit shopping list, change Delete Shopping List… to Delete Shopping List(s)…
In Recipes… Categorize Multiple Recipes…, refresh recipes in category after UnAssign All>untagged
Show fitness target wt with 1 decimal place for SI (kg) and none for US (lb)
In Fitness, make calculated text boxes button-face color to distinguish from white input textboxes
Up to 9999 can be appended when NYC creates a unique filename (was 999)
In File... Back Up... window, update device instructions
Update yahoo group URLs to groups.io for NYC-MM and NYC-Upgrades email lists in Help, code, manual, website
Add note to Help and manual about support for and use of UNC network path names
On first execution after install, set backup reminder to 90 days after install date
Change backup window's borderstyle to Fixed Dialog (was resizable but had no Resize event)
Update wording on various messages about re-assigning recipes to categories
Change default print-to filename from “recipes from CB” to “print-to-file output from CB”
In File... Upgrade... window, update instructions
Update reg form printable from within NYC
Add screenshots to manual to better explain Fitness feature
Update Glossary (main.gls, main.glx) to remove dead URLs
In installed settings file (nyc.stg), update default external apps (browser, editor, image editor)
Add error msg for trying to use a 64-bit email client - Error 48389 (NYC MAPI needs 32-bit client)
Resize Help... Support... window to allow longer URL for NYC-Updates group
Output cat.list.across.recipes.tmp to NYC main not user folder to match recipe.categories.tmp location
Fix bug: Display Active Dictionaries button unnecessarily prompts user to Save changes
Fix bug: in export, use <<< then Remove then Apply from Search still exports all in CB
Fix bug: in EXAMPLE cookbook (only), first rebuild of image index put image of 1 recipe on another
Fix bug: in edit aisles, if change made with Generic Aisle Names, no prompt to save
Fix bug: if menu start is changed to a later date, menu days are cut off end of menu
Fix bug: cancel on About window does not close forms opened by About
fix bug: Error 424 when unique filename routine reaches 99 (e.g., tempre99.emx)
Fix bug: moving user folder to UNC path may copy with error and not delete old folder or update nyc.usr
Fix bug: can’t restore moved user folder from a UNC path back to orig location
Fix bug: nutrition DB window shows incorrect ECC (bad fiber credit for DietPointsC=0)
Fix bug: Tools… Options… DietPoints tab: DietPoints equation truncated in description
Fix bug: pressing Save on Print Setup window without changes gives Error 13 in certain nyc.stg config
Fix bug: subscript out of range error 62 when user adds and saves a default category

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.96 (Mar 6, 2019)

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.95 (Feb 28, 2017)

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.94 (Mar 5, 2016)

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.93 (Apr 20, 2015)

enlarge category selection window on use of Categorize... button on recipe select window
if auto-menu side exact match=“no”, omit recipes with “and” just before Side Dish name
add auto-menu option to make side dish names exactly match (vs embedded in) side dish list
enable NYC-type CB list window for File… Zip Cookbook(s)
let user select new, open, save as, delete cookbook without first closing cookbook list
expand default categories list (catlist.def)
expand keyword strings for auto-categorizing (autokeys.lst)
add progress bar for Rebuild Image Indexes across cookbooks
make price list deletion behave like shopping list deletion
expand label on auto-menu options to show full label caption
use more stable code for writing .cdx and .imx to help prevent file loss
in File… Upgrade…, uncheck “preferences” and “default categories” due to recent expansion
notify user when zip cookbook(s) operation completes
allow dbl-click in cookbook list only for open CB, delete CB, publish CB, zip CB
adjust NYC email to use existing MAPI session if one already open
center all tab frames in Tools… Options… and Data Mgt…
remove “open as read-only” checkbox on Explorer file dialog on open CB, rename CB
bypass unnecessary open of cookbook if new cookbook created on NYC launch
trap Cancel error in Options after cancel out of picking startup CB if startup CB did not exist
fix jerky behavior of progress bar in File… Publish Cookbook…
improve progress bar for Defrag Image Library across cookbooks
refresh list of recipes in selected category after Auto-Cat and Unassign All operations
improve efficiency of cookbook nutrilink update (put NDB file open outside recipe loop)
remove redundant writing of image index during recipe Save
enlarge Browse Folder window
remove obsolete TBSplash from Options and nyc.stg
replace all ReWriteIni calls with single WriteIniAll to avoid occasional loss of nyc.stg file
resize recipe conversion status window to show #dupes not imported when dupe checking is on
improve congested appearance of several Options… windows
add more info to Save Recipe routine error messages (location, cause)
add msg during launch if NYC main folder not found, then abort launch to avoid later errors
fix bug: last used file menu is lost if new startup CB created on NYC launch
fix bug: not all cost options suppressed when user turns off the option
fix bug: Screen Import Demo not highlighting Yield, so it’s not imported (same in 5.91)
fix bug: in File… Publish…, image widths too small
fix bug: auto-cat fails on compound categories like “fish/seafood” and “cheese/eggs”
fix bug: wrong file number variable used several places in DeleteRecipes
fix bug: Upgrade renames price list file incorrectly if same named file exists
fix bug: “Wendy’s” gets Proper Cased as “Wendy’S”
fix bug: nutrition database window does not open full height

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.92 (Feb 28, 2015)

add “recipes with nutrition” selection on recipe lists (select, edit menu, import/export, print, categorize)
add reversible sorting of lists by column-click in File… Restore… (and start with ascending order)
add rt-click View in recipe selection, print, import/export, and search results windows
add rt-click View in categorize multiple recipes window (omit Modes frame with view & assign modes)
add rt-click View in edit menu recipe list (omit redundant "view" mode)
add rt-click Paste Image popup menu in all image input windows
add option to include a recipe image during Screen Import
in Edit… Find… for nutrition items, add checkbox to limit Find to user-defined items only
add Find and Replace button on Screen Import window
update cookbook paths in menu entries if user renames a cookbook or changes User Folder location via NYC
update cookbook paths in menu entries during File... Upgrade...
update nutrition database to USDA SR27 (8618 items) from SR26 (8463 items)
create and test new NYC install/uninstall programs based on Inno Setup
add Replace button in rating criteria and raters edit window
update open cookbook reference in Quick Web Recipes (easy) if it changes
improve reliability of routine to write cookbook category assignments file
add missing tool tips in various windows
adjust control sizes in recipe windows (categorize multiple recipes, print, import/export)
add resize capability to print recipe window
add %linked to View… Recipe Nutrilink Status
check and improve Help Context ID on all windows
disallow multiple file selection in file dialog for File… Restore…
in Upgrade, offer cookbook nutrilink update only when cookbook(s) are upgraded
fix autokeys.lst so “pancake” and “pancakes” categorize to “breakfast”, not “cake”
expand recipe import conversion summary and details windows
add date-time to default filename for backup file in File… Backup…
make screen import window fit better on screen of any size or aspect ratio
make Quick Web Recipes (easy) window fit better on screen of any size or aspect ratio
limit child form widths to max width of NYC main window
add cookbook name to quickview recipe window title
add Format Yield check (like in recipe edit Save) to screen import
add "Latest Version" to Help… Web> menu
add >> and

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.91 (Jan 28, 2014)

add View… Recipe Nutrilink Status
add file dialog for View menu so user can select which menu to view
add rt-click in recipe list or search results to "Add selected recipe(s)as sides..."
add “Add Sides” button (recipe Directions tab) to tile windows for adding sides
add Automated Randomized Menu creator (Auto-Menu) with main dish and sides (minimize repeats)
sort Shopping List By Aisle (by any column) by clicking appropriate column header
add ability to assign aisles on the fly in Shopping List By Aisle using Generic AisleNames droplist
add View Source.. on rt-click of items in Shopping List by Aisle, just like in shopping list
replace nyc.ini with nyc.stg file to avoid Win7 Error 53 issues due to use of INI file
enable user-defined cookbook name in QuickWeb Recipes “new cookbook” import option
add ingred quantities to recipe QuickView window; increase QuickView height & width
update nutrition database to SR26 (8463 items) from USDA SR25 (8194 items)
add File… Print… option for Fitness data
if NYC launch or Upgrade fails with no nyc.stg, rebuild it with defaults
extend max length of menu entry from 120 to 335 chars (recipe name + CB path + 15)
make XP install like Win7 (copy user files to shared documents folder on first launch)
add adjusted BMI (Trefethen formula) to Fitness Calculator
remove Sort menu item on Edit Coupon window (sort with column header click)
link more ingred droplist items to nutrition database
add sort on grid header click in several windows with grid displays
trap Auto-Menu errors with informative error msg
in Auto-Menu, skip processing of sides if no sides found
add info in Help about “Add selected recipe(s) as sides to open recipe’s directions”
restore dbl-click to delete menu item
open menu after auto-menu and create shopping list (omit prompt for user to do this)
replace dbl-quote with single quote and replace tab with space in all imported recipes
link more ingredients in ingredient droplist to nutrition database
ship NYC with cookbook named EXAMPLE (not RECIPES) with 90 (not 16) recipes to demo Auto-Menu
add progress bar to nutrition analysis for > 50 selected recipes
raise limit for #items in shopping list from 1990 to 32100 (limited by Ord%(I) in QSort)
error trap Auto-Menu operations
adjust Format on recipe edit Directions tab for special lines (e.g., “Auto-Menu Side Dishes:”)
update Help file for Auto-Menu feature
in recipe select list, reset category to orig on recipe save after rt-click to “Add side”
add year to Date column in View Menu
add progress bar on Auto-Menu creation for NumMenuDays >60 (sides turned on)
add context Help (F1) to Auto-Menu window
add Auto-Menu (“am-”) categories to default catlist for new cookbooks
improve SI/US toggle on recipe edit so qualified units like “can (16 oz)” are converted
ensure cat array complete before writing CDX file after recipe save (may prevent CDX error)
update recipe.library.txt for Quick Web Recipes (easy)
in AutoUnits, adjust SI qty conversion thresholds per international conventions
warn user about impending import to a location outside the User Folder
update manual and Help for SR26 and nyc.stg and other NYC 5.91 improvements
shorten annotation on QuickWebRecipe(easy) imports to show source cookbook name
improve listbox tabstop handling (uses new TabSet() routine)
add Uncheck All and Check All buttons to checkbox frame in Upgrade window
add separate upgrade routine for fitness.lst (was included with droplists upgrade)
adjust several window sizes for appearance in Win 8/7
rebuild nyc.stg (was nyc.ini) file in case of error or loss, e.g., Error 52 (bad filename or number)
adjust tab settings in Upgrade summary for global font=8
suppress “zeroed” nutrition links when printing recipes containing no nutrilinks
write nyc.ver to both main and user folders to enable future upgrade from either folder
add error trapping to routine that updates nutrilinks
improve Upgrade summary by removing path from filenames in list; path now is in header
modify Upgrade procedure to upgrade pre-NYC 5.91 menus to new menu format (335 chars. per entry)
rename installed subfolders to \shipu & \shipm to distinguish from real \user and \maindicts
set proper tab order in Auto-Menu window
add sort by column header click to manual, Help
change label on recipe.library.txt to ‘Last downloaded’; match date to data revision date
widen columns in View Prices, Aisles
trap Error 339 (wspell.ocx) with info and suggestions in message
preserve auto-menu window position when “remember window positions” is on
adjust Recipes… Cookbook Categories… window to default to full height
check “print image if available” by default when printing recipes
update autokeys.lst and autokeys.def with fish info
put aisle list, SL by aisle, and Generic Aisle Name droplist integration in Help, manual
improve message in File… Restore… when incoming CB name matches the open CB
replace Help button on Shopping List By Aisle with ToolTipText
make adjustments to avoid and recover from loss/corruption of nyc.stg (settings) file
add width to price/aisle columns in Edit Aisles… Edit Prices…
remove leftover debug msg: “in EditDishDone loc3” during recipe save
fix poorly formatted “Update using recipes” button on ingred droplist
add hourglass to Save after categories change
increase gridrows in View Cost ShopList
improve error msg for Error 9 opening nutrition database with corrupt user-defined entries
add cookbook name to error msg about bad categorization file (*.cdx) when opening it
replace limits.txt with limits.pdf in installation pkg
add msg “no more allowed!” when add (save) new recipe in cookbook with 32700 recipes
add cookbook name to error message if Upgrade fails on a cookbook file
add note to Upgrade window about cookbooks stored outside user folder being ignored
widen print setup window to handle longer print device names
widen Upgrade window to handle very long path names
improve size and position of About window when loading
fix bug: add rated recipe as side puts rating in side dish list in main dish directions
fix bug: when first open NYC on large cookbook, “reading indexes” progress bar remains
fix bug: ShopListBy Aisle sorts with Cap words at top on header click
fix bug: Error 9 if using Auto-Menu to add "am-" categ if 500 (max) categs already exist
fix bug: error in View By Aisle after Auto-Menu if no shopping list created for auto-menu
fix bug: after rt-click to “Add sides…” and Save, category does not return to orig selection
fix bug: View menu won't refresh with newly opened menu if a menu already open
fix bug: “ on a recipe import will cause Error 62 when saving menu if that recipe is in menu
fix bug: Error 9 on auto-menu occurs when no am-breakfast category exists
fix bug: open recipe, then dbl-click another recipe shows orig directions
fix bug: Edit... Find... won’t refresh above recipe edit window if already open
fix bug: File... Save As... creates upper case CB index filenames
fix bug: recipe Save after add sides from Search gives error “No categories selected...”
fix bug: in multi-categ mode, search box disappears when mouse moved over categ list
fix bug: shopping list Condense fails on like items if first item has mass-qualified units
fix bug: certain fitness data stored reversed (thigh-calf, forearm-wrist)
fix bug: use of NYC help file (nyc.chm) places nyc.chw in VirtualStore folder
fix bug: size of List Cost window is wacky when “remember window positions” is on
fix bug: change recipe scale factor using Resize in meal plan, then Save sometimes causes ambiguous qty error
fix bug: in recipe edit, Add, Replace buttons remain as default if click Directions and type
fix bug: File… Restore… fails when backup folder path is the root
fix bug: DirOnly routine fails with Error 5 when used on a file path (gets only filename, no path)
fix bug: View, Edit buttons on recipe edit and fullview window truncate for some users
fix bug: ingred droplist entries go blank on Save after delete all, and on update using recipes
fix bug: DietPoints coefficient G missing from File… Upgrade…
fix bug: upgrade from network drive using nyc.usr used incorrect drive letter
fix bug: if error on menu open, pathmnu never resets to original, causing confusing msg
fix bug: Interrupt button fails on Quick Web Recipes progress bar for Unzip/Import

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.90 (Mar 20, 2013)

expand categories and keywords for auto-categorization feature
expand ingredient droplist and nutrition links; remove misspelled ingredients
update nutrition database SR25 (8194 items) from USDA SR24 (7906 items)
update Quick Web Recipes (easy) MM file list and add links to MXP files
add titles to View menu lists (recipes with categories, categories with recipes, etc)
in File… New Cookbook…, add prompt to create the cookbook in the NYC user folder
in File… Save Cookbook As…, add prompt to save the cookbook into the NYC user folder
improve error messages on NYC launch if spellcheck files missing
adjust categorize window width (recipe select window) for global screen font size
add tool tips to buttons on droplist edit windows as needed
replace some icons on large toolbar
make all droplists (ingred, units, prep, misc, brand, aislenames) full height and resizable
add Nutrition tab to Tools… Options… for nutrition list buffer size setting
add option to set and store nutrition item list buffer size (NutriListBufferSize)
make ingred droplist reopen with same top item after Save
trim trailing spaces from Edit Find search strings to improve search results
refresh Edit… Find… search text with clicked ingredient if nutrition database is open
make dbl-click in ingred list reset the size of the nutrition link window, if open and resized
make Edit… Find… windows not modal (i.e., other windows still work when it’s open)
add option for “no line breaks” output for Email/Edit from recipe selection window
determine best unit for resulting qty when converting US-SI units on recipe edit
improve top and bottom margin accuracy for standard prints (8.5x11” and A4)
add right margin control to Print Setup on standard prints
analyze nutrition “per yield unit” when possible, instead of “total”
include “correct.tlx” (user corrections to spell check) in File… Upgrade… procedure
clarify wording on Manage Categories window
widen Open Cookbook window to accommodate lengthy paths
update wording on Upgrade window check boxes for clarity
uncheck autokeys.lst in Upgrade window to avoid unintentional overwrite of latest info
remove phone as option on register window button caption
modify Tools… Data Mgt… Nutrition tab… Get Links… button text for consistency
ensure all NYC messages have appropriate icons to improve comprehension
improve NYC messages if no recipe index file (.idx) found when a cookbook is opened
improve NYC messages if no categ index file (.cdx) found when a cookbook is opened
add 0 to front of decimal qty

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.89 (Mar 26, 2012)

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.88 (Jan 24, 2011)

New in Now You're Cooking! 5.87 (Jun 5, 2010)

update nutrition database from USDA SR19 (7293 items) to SR22 (7538 items)
add Tools... Data Mgt... Categories... Manage Categories Across Cookbooks
add Add to Ingred Droplist in popup menu on rt-click of ingredient in recipe edit
prompt user to replace an existing user-defined nutrition item if adding a duplicate entry
in Manage Categories, recall and restore top item in category list after category deletions
add View... Category List (All Cookbooks) with cookbook name for each category
add category management across cookbooks to Help
update NYC Help to refer to USDA SR22 instead of SR19
put cursor at first data entry position when Directions, Time-Yield, Info tabs are clicked
change keyword search default from "any of" to "all of"
disallow dbl-quote and @ in recipe name when user clicks a recipe for the meal plan
adjust asynchronous timing (DoEvents) in various places to facilitate 64-bit systems
minor changes in Edit Recipe routines to facilitate 64-bit systems
after adding a user-defined nutrition item, refresh list with new item near top of list
omit backed up user folder path on filenames in File. Restore. window; show path at top of window
make recipe image handling consistent in recipe edit, view, and selection windows
add image size to image display upon click of image in recipe edit, view, selection
during shop list cost calcs, check for item-specific unit conversion before using generic
add button to display printer-friendly list of cookbooks from cookbook list
add warning if user presses Glossary menu item in recipe edit with nothing selected
add audible ding on query for redundant ingredient when editing a recipe
add to printer warning msg about having default printer installed when Error 380 occurs
close open files on error in Save Menu
omit message about "categories line not found" during MC text import for consistency with MM import
refine menus on recipe edit window (clarify recipe vs ingredient nutrition analysis)
make gender not case sensitive in Fitness Calculator (e.g., "m", "M", "f", "F" are OK)
clarify error message about failed parsing of qty/unit in ParseQtyUnit
update user files packaged in setup file to USDA SR22 (RECIPES cookbook, ingred.lst)
show msg rather than an empty omissions window if all ingredients are nutri-linked
change `mass' to `qty' in column headers on nutrition analysis window
make Fraction to Decimal toggle insert leading 0 for decimal < 1 (e.g., 0.125)
trap 32755 error on Cancel of browse image dialog
trap Error 70 when View Category List (all CBs) is run twice without closing LongFileEditor (if using Word or WordPerfect)
fix "withimage" label (make it "recipes with image") on progress window on search
fix bug: zip file contents are truncated on repeated cookbook emails without closing cookbook
fix bug: cookbook count in Manage Categories displayed as one too few
fix bug: in Vista, after editing search result recipe, search results list is not refreshed
fix bug: rt-click recipe ingredient, then click elsewhere - ingred appears in qty input field
fix bug: rt-click on rating grid can corrupts an existing rating
fix bug: after Upgrade, nutrition database failed to use list buffer size from nyc.ini
fix bug: new category sorted at top (in 2+ cookbooks) is not seen in Manage Categories
fix bug: image from previous recipe can appear on new recipe
fix bug: on open a shopping list, white space grid cells do not fill grid
fix bug: in manage categories, last category to be deleted does not get deleted
fix bug: in manage categories, force temporary files to be in user folder
fix bug: in manage categories, button press with no recipes selected behaves oddly
fix bug: manage categories deletes the target category if delete old cats box checked
fix bug: potential category corruption if certain windows open during manage cats operation
fix bug: when scrolling a list of cookbooks, #categories in View stats changes as each is opened

Now You're Cooking! Changelog

What's new in Now You're Cooking! 5.97

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