SUDSW version 2.2 Copyright (C) 1993 by Michael C. Taylor Compuserve 76625,2552 All rights reserved Effective immediately! SUDS version 2.1 (see file SUDS21.EXE) and SUDSW version 2.2 (see file SUDW22.EXE) may be registered ONLINE through Compu-Serve. The fee is automatically billed to your Compuserve account! To register either product, type GO SWREG and select option 1 to register software. To register Windows SUDSW: Select registration id number 668 (or search on keyword SUDSW). Follow instructions. In either case, your CompuServe account will automatically be billed the current registration fee ($20 in either case). NOTE - If you are upgrading or taking advantage of the $5 discount for including a recipe you cannot use online registration and should register by mail: Michael C. Taylor 1626 Main Street Bethlehem, PA 18018-1905 Introduction The key to successful brewing lies in keeping good records of each batch! Like most, I tend to learn from my experiences (good and bad). My weak point has always been in locating the scraps of paper where I invariably kept my brewing notes. This was the inspiration for SUDSW - the brewers cookbook and log program. From a simple attempt to coordinate some recipe and log notes, SUDSW turned into a year-long project and has resulted in an extremely comprehensive brewer's program. This is the fifth major release of SUDS for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and involved almost a total rewrite of the DOS version. The two versions are extremely similar and share the same file structures. You can move easily between both versions and can even keep both in the same directory if you wish! SUDSW 2.2 changes o Added function to allow log entries to be rated as per Charlie Papazian's50 point scale. Each log entry can have unlimited number of 'tastings' with scores and free form judge's comments. o Fixed Cancel button on SUDSW filter option. Cancel will now cancel the database search. o Improved delete functions. Deleting Recipe will now delete any logs. Deleting logs will delete any hop entries, tasting notes, etc. o Fixed minor bug with Import/Export dropping lines of text. o Now allows printer selection/setup with multiple printers/faxmodems, etc. SUDSW 2.1 changes o Added auto-indent feature to editor o Changed Filter to no longer unfilter when Cancel button pressed from Filter dialog box (This began to ANNOY me). o Minor performance enhancements o Fixed minor bug with Log selection after Template cancelled. o Changed export function to only export 'filtered' recipes. Added export to text file function. o Added function to maintain Hop AAU entries. o Fixed problem with Import function 'zeroing' out Final gravity values. SUDSW 2.0 changes o Added 'button bar' with custom pushbuttons for the most commonly used SUDSW functions. o Added robust filter function to allow you to selectively list recipes based on Category, Brewing method, Gravity ranges, alcohol content and/or textual contents. o Fixed problem with Label dialog box with Enter key. o Fixed problem with recipe selection dialog box related to keyboard support in listbox of recipes. o Recompiled with new version of Borland Pascal and new version of Topaz resulting in minor performance improvement. SUDSW 1.1 changes NOTE - You must run SUDSCVT utility to convert old release files of SUDS to new format prior to running (See README.TXT). o Added logic to default starting and finishing gravities from recipe text when initially saving recipe (already present in DOS version). o Added logic to open recipes and log entries in full-screen mode. o Changed means of storing Hop names to use SUDSHOP.DBF rather than SUDSHST.DAT file. Also keeps last AAU value for each Hop entered to pre-fill future values. o Changed calculation method for Hop IBUs as per Zymurgy hop issue statistics and formula developed by Alan Edwards. o Fixed Hop IBU field to no longer report IBU value as decimal. SUDSW includes the following features: o DBASE III compatible recipe and log files which can be browsed by any utility capable of viewing DBASE III file formats. o Multi-windowing editor featuring undo, full cut and paste capability between windows, mouse support and Windows clipboard import/export. o Ability to filter recipes by Category, Brewing method, Gravity ranges, alcohol content and/or textual contents. o Ability to import and export standard ASCII text files to and from the SUDS recipe database allowing recipes to be shared with SUDS and non-SUDS brewers. o Ability to import and export formatted SUDS SXF-files allowing you to share your recipes easily with other SUDS and SUDSW users. o Recipe and log printing and reporting capabilities. o Categorization of recipes by type (ie Pale Ale, Stout and any categories you may have defined) o Built-in pop-up calculator to help with calculations. o Built-in pop-up calendar o Hop-IBU spreadsheet to calculate hop IBUs for beer batches. o Printing of beer labels. SUDSW is not, nor has it ever been free software or "Public Domain". SUDSW is being distributed as shareware and continued use beyond the 30-day trial period is prohibited. Unlike a new recipe, SUDSW is a no-lose proposition! You're free to try out SUDSW for a 30 day period after which you can pay the nominal $20 registration fee if you are satisfied. Because SUDSW is distributed as shareware, you are strongly encouraged to share SUDSW with other brewers. I would ask only that if you do use the program, you pay the registration fee. Shareware only works as well as it is supported and this helps keep software prices reasonable! The support for SUDSW will help determine whether or not it will continue to be released as shareware. Hardware requirements - This release of SUDS requires at least 2 megs of memory and Microsoft Windows release 3.1 or higher (or OS/2 2.1). A non-Windows version of SUDS is also available (SUDS21.EXE). This is functionally equivalent, though character based! Full permission is hereby granted to redistribute SUDSW in its entirety free of charge provided the above conditions are met. SUDSW may be freely uploaded to any electronic BBS's or libraries. SUDSW may also be distributed via shareware libraries provided that the diskette cost does not exceed $15. If you wish to avoid the download charges for SUDSW (>200K), you may pre-register your copy by sending payment along with a request for the latest version and I will send you the most recent release on diskette (please specify diskette type and density). Send payment to: Michael Taylor 1626 Main Street Bethlehem, PA 18018