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recipe software
Bob Muncie > wrote in
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> sandi wrote:
>> sf > wrote in
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>>> I don't use recipe software (too much trouble), but if I did
>>> I wouldn't spend any money on it - I'd use Gourmet Recipe
>>> Manager, which looks just like something you'd pay for.
>>> http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net/
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>> Looks nice. Thanks.
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> I downloaded it as it looked good also. Installed it, and
> imported a couple of 1000 recipe files from the meal-master
> web site. The application bombed, and when I submitted a bug
> report as it bombs when starting it up after that, the bug
> report was closed as a "duplicate" error, with a
> recommendation of removing the recipe.db file. But there is no
> recipe.db file. In XP, with SQL installed, it's sucked into
> the "master DB" (not a good thing). Other applications also
> use it. So to fix the problem, you'd have to remove SQL Server
> and re-install, which may very well break other applications
> you have installed that required SQL in the first place...
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> I'm leaving the bloat in my DB. And deleting the Gtk tool kit
> needed as well as the Gourmet recipe manager.
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> Bob
Horrors! I guess I won't install after all.
Thank you Bob!
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