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Upgrading to Bartender's Companion 2005
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Starting with Bartender's Companion 2005 you will need a version
upgrade license to upgrade to the latest version of the software.
The upgrade from Bartender's Companion 2004 to Bartender's Companion
2005 is free. Free upgrade licenses will be e-mailed to Bartender's
Companion 2004 users on Tuesday, July 19, 2005. If you did not receive
your free license, please post a message on the Bartender's
Companion Licensing Forum. We will get you your upgrade license
right away.
We recommend that you obtain your Bartender's Companion 2005 upgrade
license before installing the upgrade.
We also recommend that you backup your Bartender's Companion 2004
data prior to installing the upgrade.
Click here to go to the download page.
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What's New in Bartender's Companion 2005
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Compare
recipes, ingredients, etc. |
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Bartender's Companion 2005 lets you view side-by-side
comparisons of any two recipes, ingredients, glossary items, grocery
lists or inventory items. |
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Improved
recipe cost element |
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The cost element of the recipe view has been improved
to include both cost per serving and total recipe cost for each recipe
ingredient. |
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Improved
recipe review interface |
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The interface to create and edit recipe reviews has been improved
to make it more intuitive and user-friendly.
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Recipe
review capture |
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Bartender's Companion 2005 lets you capture recipe reviews in a
manner similar to recipe, ingredient and technique capture.
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Reset
recipe nutrition |
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The recipe nutrition interfaces include a button to clear
the nutrition values. |
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Improved
on hand feature for recipes |
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The introduction of inventory items has improved the
way Bartender's Companion determines whether you can make a recipe
with the ingredients you have on hand. An inventory item (e.g. milk)
can be associated with multiple ingredients (e.g. whole milk, 1%,
2% and skim) and you can specify which of the ingredients is the default
(i.e. preferred) ingredient (e.g. 2% milk). In this way, if you specify
that your milk inventory item is on hand, Bartender's Companion knows
that you can make recipes that include whole, 1%, 2% or skim milk.
This is particularly useful for ingredients such as ground beef which
have many similar entries. |
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Recipe
and technique media |
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Audio and video files can be added to recipes and techniques. |
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Mass
assign recipe types |
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Bartender's Companion 2005 lets you quickly assign a
recipe type to a selection of recipes. For example, you might want
to add the recipe type "Cocktail" to a selection of 100
recipes. In the same way you can remove a recipe type from a selection
of recipes. This is particularly useful when you have imported a large
number of recipes from another user whose recipe typing scheme doesn't
match yours. For example, you might import 100 coffee recipes and
want to change the recipe type from "Coffee" to "Hot
Drinks". This is easily accomplished by removing the "Coffee"
recipe type and adding "Hot Drinks". |
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Improved
recipe ingredient link interface |
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Many changes have been made to the recipe ingredient
linking module. Now, if you are trying to link a recipe ingredient
to the ingredient database but are missing the required measure, Bartender's
Companion will try to create it automatically. For example, if you
are trying to link a recipe ingredient such as "1 oz gin"
but the only measure for "gin" in the ingredient database
is "1 pint" Bartender's Companion will automatically create
a "1 oz" measure for you and link to it. If a measure can't
be created automatically then you can create one manually using the
new "Add Measure" button. Another useful addition to the
link interface is the "Recently Used Items" folders added
to the ingredient and recipe browse modes. Bartender's Companion remembers
the last 10 items you linked to. |
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Update
link quantity when recipe ingredient quantity |
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When you change a recipe ingredient quantity (e.g. you
change "1 oz rum " to "2 oz rum" Bartender's Companion
will prorate the link quantity accordingly. |
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Recipe,
ingredient and technique capture buttons (including case buttons) |
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Capture buttons (i.e. a button to capture recipe name,
a button to capture recipe ingredients, etc.) have been added to the
recipe, ingredient and technique capture interfaces. Also, new buttons
have been added to change the case of captured text to lower case,
title case and sentence case. |
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1/4,
1/2, 3/4 characters added to ingredient and procedure tabs of recipe
window |
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Buttons for "¼", "½", and "¾"
have been added to the ingredient and procedure tabs of the new and
edit recipe windows (next to the accent symbols). |
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Scanned
recipe images |
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Scanned images of entire recipes (from magazines, cookbooks
or handwritten recipes) can be added to Bartender's Companion recipes.
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Customize
%DV calculations |
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Until Bartender's Companion 2005 all %DV (percent daily
value) calculations were based on a 2000 calorie diet. In Bartender's
Companion 2005 you can change the number of calories used in the calculation
to more closely match your diet (e.g. 2500 calories, 1500 calories,
etc.). |
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Recipe
display options |
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Bartender's Companion 2005 lets you display recipe ingredients
in a single column or two columns. Also, you can choose to have recipe
images displayed to the right of ingredients or by themselves. |
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Optimize
cookbook chapters |
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Bartender's Companion performs best when cookbook chapters
contain approximately 100 recipes (or fewer). This also makes cookbook
chapters easier to read and navigate. Bartender's Companion 2005 includes
a feature that will automatically organize a cookbook chapter into
subchapters in order to optimize performance. You can choose to create
subchapters with a given number of recipes each or create subchapters
to organize your recipes alphabetically (i.e. one subchapter for your
recipes that begin with "A", another for recipes that begin
with "B", etc.). |
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Ingredient
barcode data |
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Barcode data can be entered for ingredient measures.
This data is used by the new barcode lookup and inventory scan features
(described below). |
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Improved
ingredient pricing |
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In Bartender's Companion 2005 you can specify multiple
prices for an ingredient. For example, Coca Cola might cost $0.69
per liter and $0.99 for 2 liters at one store and $0.75 per liter
and $1.25 for two liters at another store. Bartender's Companion now
prices grocery lists according to the quantity you are purchasing
and where you are shopping. |
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Easier
ingredient density estimation |
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Bartender's Companion needs to know the density of an
ingredient in order to calculate the mass of a given volume of the
ingredient. By entering the mass of any volume measure (normally available
on product packaging) Bartender's Companion can determine the density
and calculate the mass of all other volume measures. However, when
the mass of a volume measure is not known the density can be estimated.
In Bartender's Companion 2005 you can select a similar ingredient
from the Ingredient database and its density will be used. For example,
if you are creating a new ingredient entry for "Sprite"
and don't know the mass of a volume measure you can select a similar
ingredient such as "7-Up" or "Carbonated beverage,
lemon-lime soda" to estimate the density. |
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Easier
ingredient capture |
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A new menu item has been added for capturing ingredients. |
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Reset
grocery list |
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A popup menu has been added to the grocery list task
to remove all grocery list items from the selected grocery list. |
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New
grocery list features |
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Bartender's Companion 2005 includes many changes to the
grocery list module. One of the most important changes is the handling
of items on hand. For example, if you have one apple on hand and you
add two apples to your grocery list and specify that you want items
on hand to be deducted from your grocery list, only one apple will
be added to your grocery list. But more importantly, if you add two
more apples to the same grocery list Bartender's Companion remembers
that the one apple you have on hand has already been accounted for
in that grocery list so both apples will be added to the grocery list. |
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Create
grocery list to restock all or part of inventory |
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Bartender's Companion makes it easy to create a grocery
list to restock your inventory. For example, you could create a grocery
list to restock your bar, your refrigerator or your entire inventory.
The quantities on the resulting grocery list will reflect the differences
between your inventory item order up to levels (the quantity on hand
when your inventory is "full") and your on hand levels.
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Merge
grocery list items |
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singular or plural) then they will be combined into a
single item. For example, "1 lemon" and "2 lemons"
will be combined to form a single grocery list item: "3 lemons".
When Bartender's Companion is unable to automatically combine to two
grocery list items (because the software could not determine whether
the two items were the same) then you can manually combine them using
the new merge items interface. |
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Process
grocery list receipt |
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Bartender's Companion 2005 enables you to update your
inventory levels and ingredient pricing after you have completed a
shopping trip. |
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Inventory
management |
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Another important change in Bartender's Companion 2005
is the introduction of powerful inventory management tools. It is
now much easier to specify and view what you have on hand. The new
tools let you specify what you actually have on hand, how much you
normally keep on hand (i.e. desired inventory level), minimum order
quantities (e.g. when ordering don't order less than 1/2 lb), and
much more. The inventory module is seamlessly integrated with the
recipe, ingredient, grocery and store modules. |
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Inventory
worksheet |
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Bartender's Companion can now print inventory worksheets
to help you determine what you have on hand in your bar. The worksheet
prints out the desired inventory items with columns for the old inventory
values (i.e. the values in the database) and the new inventory values
(i.e. the quantities actually in your bar). |
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Inventory
items |
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The new inventory management module required the introduction
of a new concept in Bartender's Companion: inventory item. Inventory
items correspond to things that you have in your bar (gin, rum, limes,
etc.) and control how these things are ordered. For example, by creating
an inventory item called "gin" you can control how gin is
ordered and specify how much you have on hand. |
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Inventory
updates via barcode scans |
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Users with barcode scanners (keyboard wedge style) can
now quickly increment and decrement their inventory by scanning product
barcodes. The inventory scan window can be opened and configured by
scanning special barcode sequences, thus allowing completely hands-free
operation. |
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Barcode
lookup |
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Users with barcode scanners can quickly look up ingredient
and inventory item records simply by scanning product barcodes. The
barcode lookup window can be opened and configured by scanning special
barcode sequences, thus allowing completely hands-free operation. |
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Stores |
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Bartender's Companion 2005 introduces the concept of
stores to handle the fact that ingredients are sold at different prices
at different stores. Now you can create your own stores and specify
which ingredients are sold in which stores and at what cost. Given
that Bartender's Companion 2005 also lets you specify where you are
shopping (you can choose one or more stores for each grocery list)
grocery list cost values more accurately reflect what you will actually
pay at the supermarket. Also, you can specify the grocery aisles for
each store and customize the order of the grocery aisles. |
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Customize
grocery aisles for each store |
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Each store can have any number of grocery aisles. You
can change the order of the grocery aisles for each store (i.e. the
order in which the grocery aisles appear on a grocery list). |
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Associate
stores with grocery lists |
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When you create a grocery list in Bartender's Companion
2005 you can specify where you will be shopping. This enables the
software to choose the appropriate ingredient prices for the ingredients
you will be purchasing. |
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HTML
view customization |
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The new view options allow you to control the order of
view elements in any HTML view. For example, you can now move the
cooking tips element below then author notes element in the recipe
view. The same applies to the ingredient, grocery list, inventory
item, store, glossary item and technique views. |
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List
view customization |
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You can change the display properties (heading background
color, heading text color, body background color, body text color,
hyperlink text color and body text style) for any list view. |
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Resizable
task columns |
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Column widths can now be changed in any list view. |
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Print
lists |
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Any list view can now be printed (e.g. recipe list, ingredient
list, etc.). You can choose to display all items in the list or only
the selected items. You can also choose a custom heading for the printout,
decide whether or not to include column headings and choose the number
of columns to print. |
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HTML
index |
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When exporting recipes, ingredients, grocery lists, glossary
items or techniques as HTML files, you can now choose to have an HTML
index page generated automatically. |
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Recently
used items |
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Many dialogs (including add calendar items, add menu
items and link recipe ingredient) include a recently used item folder.
This folder contains the last 10 items used in each context. This
makes selecting frequently used items much quicker. |
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Drag
and drop favorites |
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The drag and drop interface for favorites has been improved.
Dragging an item onto a favorite folder no longer opens the favorite
window. |
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Verify
backup file |
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The verify backup utility allows you to verify the integrity
and version of a backup file without performing a database restore. |
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SMTP
e-mail |
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Bartender's Companion's mail protocol has changed from
MAPI to SMTP. This enables Bartender's Companion to send recipes via
e-mail using most e-mail accounts. The only requirements are that
your mail provider support mail relaying. |
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Enhanced
FDX file format |
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The FDX file format has been expanded to support profile
data, activities, inventory items, stores and media (audio and video).
FDX files generated by Bartender's Companion 2005 can be imported
by Bartender's Companion 2004 but the new data will be ignored. |
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Improved
license management |
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Radium Technologies' licensing system has been improved
to support more complex licensing schemes (combinations of product
upgrades and version upgrades, etc.). |
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Save
license information to file |
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Bartender's Companion license data can now be saved to
an XML file. This enables you to save your license data on a floppy
disk (just in case your hard drive crashes). It also avoids having
to retype all of your license information if you need to reinstall
Bartender's Companion. |
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Web-based
error reporting |
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Bartender's Companion's automatic error reporting system
has changed from an e-mail system to a web-based system. When an error
occurs you will have the option to send the details of the error via
the Internet to Radium Technologies. This will help the developer
diagnose the problem and fix it in the next release or service pack.
You will not receive an e-mail reply (or any other reply) regarding
this error information. For help diagnosing or fixing a problem, please
visit the Radium Technologies support forum at www.radiumforums.com. |
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Keyboard
shortcuts |
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Keyboard shortcuts have been added to the back and forward
navigation buttons. |
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Delete
orphaned photographs |
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A tool has been added to delete photographs that for
one reason or another are no longer referenced by recipes, ingredients
or techniques. |
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