Thought of a great idea on an addition. Automated File Clean Up! I back up everything to a folder on my google drive. My settings are to back up on exit. As you can imagine this creates tons of entries given the amunt of times a day I use this. Can we add in an option to keep last x number of backup and to automatically delete all others? This would go for all files that are being backed up.
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I've been meaning to drop by and say thanks for the label updates and the info on setting the printer to landscape. I can now easily set up for and print on my DYMO P&P label printer without having to go out and use the DYMO software and re-enter all of the elements.
Thanks again for this great calculator.
Thanks again for this great calculator.
Okay I have a stupid animal trick question.
I would like to have two sets of recipe inventories going on, one for general things I gather and maintain and a different one for things I am playing with. I know that I can just save the file name of the xml as a different name and load which one I want, but here is where I am having issues.
By doing the use of different xml files, each time I purchase new ingredients I have to re-add those ingredients into each of the inventories. Is there a way to do an import of only ingredients and not the recipes? Or is this what the file mainteance program side is used for (I haven't played with it), just open the 2 different xml files there and drag the new ingredients from the one to the other to add the new things...?
I would like to have two sets of recipe inventories going on, one for general things I gather and maintain and a different one for things I am playing with. I know that I can just save the file name of the xml as a different name and load which one I want, but here is where I am having issues.
By doing the use of different xml files, each time I purchase new ingredients I have to re-add those ingredients into each of the inventories. Is there a way to do an import of only ingredients and not the recipes? Or is this what the file mainteance program side is used for (I haven't played with it), just open the 2 different xml files there and drag the new ingredients from the one to the other to add the new things...?
Hello everyone, I'm back after a busy period and you can find a small update in the guide for installing this great calculator under Wine (applicable for both Linux and Mac by my understanding) -- just click expand to see the updated steps in the quoted post (can't update the original post)
I can confirm BotBoy's values in my own measuring and experience. There definitely can be small differences in weight between different producers/brands.
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When I import a recipe by pasting text, if an ingredient doesn't match my inventory a new ingredient is added. After doing so, I will go to the newly imported recipe and change the newly added ingredient to one that I have in inventory. For example, say the recipe calls for Capella but I only have TPA. I change the recipe to TPA. Then if I go into the inventory and delete the newly added Capella ingredient, the calculator will change the recipe the ingredient that was directly below the ingredient I just deleted.
Is this a known issue? I can replicate it....
When I import a recipe by pasting text, if an ingredient doesn't match my inventory a new ingredient is added. After doing so, I will go to the newly imported recipe and change the newly added ingredient to one that I have in inventory. For example, say the recipe calls for Capella but I only have TPA. I change the recipe to TPA. Then if I go into the inventory and delete the newly added Capella ingredient, the calculator will change the recipe the ingredient that was directly below the ingredient I just deleted.
Is this a known issue? I can replicate it....
Have you considered using categories to separate your testing recipes? And keeping everything in one XML/DB.
This is what I do. I have multiple testing categories and categories for larger batches I plan to test/mix in some day or test/mix next, a category for keepers, testers, recipes to adjust, etc. Ones I don't plan to ever mix again just get nuked as I have so many recipes in the all category it's a bit overwhelming after only a few months of DIY with this calculator.
On item 2 I might not understand. I have a recipe locked and I can still make the recipe and adjust the steep days.
I will look into the other items.
I am not sure how this item can be tackled with to separate XML files. Each file is intended to be a standalone file. The file maintenance application does allow you to transfer ingredients and recipes from one file to another file but it only allows you to add new items that don't exist.
Do you have the ingredient marked as "Flavor" ingredient type?
Issue resolved! i had "Display ingredients by Category" checked on and this was in a separate folder.
Yeah, that is what I currently do, I was looking at just having a separate data base set aside for what I'm playing with thought so I'm not looking at Sugar Cookie 1, Sugar Cookie 2, Sugar Cookie 3 etc in my main recipe list. I currently use the Category are with names like Testing, To Mix, ADV, and a few other things like that... I do think the Maintenance program is what will be the working answer to what I am wishing to do though... btw thx for the responses .
Hotrod... that is what I was looking at using it for, so I could easily update the one xml file (that wouldn't be used too often) to add ingredients that may be missing from the main xml file that I normally use, without having all the additional recipes of that main xml file.
When I am Importing a recipe as your doing I first look to see if I have the ingredients that the recipe I am Importing does. If I don't, I note which ones I will be substituting, as you said TPA for CAP... while the Import is still in the popup notepad I change the CAP that is called for into the TPA I have in inventory, then I hit the Import button. This stops me from having to go back and delete the flavor that wasn't in my inventory to begin with.
"the calculator will change the recipe the ingredient that was directly below the ingredient I just deleted."
I have not noticed this happening.
I try to do this also but have overlooked an ingredient in the recipe that I do not have in inventory. I'm glad you don't have this issue but I can replicate it on my install....
Now that I am aware of this behavior I keep an eye out for it but, this has caught me off guard and I have made a new recipe with the wrong ingredient.
I try to do this also but have overlooked an ingredient in the recipe that I do not have in inventory. I'm glad you don't have this issue but I can replicate it on my install....
I found the problem and hope to make a new version available this weekend.
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Hello HotRod! I have a feature request. Would it be possible to put the options in the Print Label Advanced as default settings in Tools->Options->Print defaults->Advanced label printing defaults? Or just have these settings remembered from a previous session?
My workflow is usually to mix, click "Make recipe" to update inventory/steeping/etc., repeat... then print labels using the Print Label Advanced for all the recipes I just made. Sometimes I forget to un-check the options of "Add recipes to steeping list", "Reduce ingredient inventory", and "Update last made date"...all of which were already done when clicking "Make recipe". This creates a real headache to go back and re-adjust everything.
Hopefully I am not overlooking a simple fix already present.
Thanks for your awesome calculator!
My workflow is usually to mix, click "Make recipe" to update inventory/steeping/etc., repeat... then print labels using the Print Label Advanced for all the recipes I just made. Sometimes I forget to un-check the options of "Add recipes to steeping list", "Reduce ingredient inventory", and "Update last made date"...all of which were already done when clicking "Make recipe". This creates a real headache to go back and re-adjust everything.
Hopefully I am not overlooking a simple fix already present.
Thanks for your awesome calculator!
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