BigOven Change Log
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• Fixed: Editing quantities in shopping list prior to PDA publication (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.975 (Jan 19, 2007)

• Fixed:  Editing quantities in shopping list prior to PDA publication (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.974 (Jan 14, 2007)

• Fixed:  Quotation marks in recipe titles now output properly on Publish to HTML

What's New in version 1.8.973 (December 21, 2006)

• Added a "Page Break Between Recipes" checkbox in the Tools/Options/Themes dialog
• NOTE:  If you've customized your own themes to add page breaks in them, or it's been a long time since you've updated, we'd recommend copying in the new recipe theme files, by going into your "My BigOven Recipes\Themes" folder, and renaming (or deleting) your old recipethemeX.htm files, and allowing the installer to copy in new versions of these files (which it will do automatically if it cannot find copies of those themes there). 

What's New in version 1.8.971 (September 29, 2006)

• Added "Eliminate Duplicates" to Tools menu (thread)
• Increased maximum ingredient lines in a recipe to 400 (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.970 (August 10, 2006)

• Bug fix:  Nutrition calculation (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.968 (June 16, 2006)

• Startup Sound now played after database is loaded (thread)
• Bug fix:  printed nutrition facts versus on-screen display now aligned w.r.t. carbohydrate and fat counts (thread)
• Settings saved between sessions on units in long form (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.967 (May, 2006)

• New:  Email nutrition facts with recipe (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.966 (Apr 26, 2006)

• Bug fix:  Certain MealMaster (MMF) imports erroneously treated "t" and "T" as interchanged "tablespoons" and "teaspoons" during import.  Now fixed.  See this thread.   

What's New in version 1.8.965 (Apr, 2006)

• Bug fix:  Using screen import to capture a recipe would erroneously assign that recipe a server ID, confusing BigOven into thinking that the recipe had a link to a posted recipe online.  This has been fixed. 

What's New in version 1.8.964 (Mar, 2006)

• Bug fix:  The 9th and 10th custom tags in the dropdown were erroneously sending a signal to "show marked" recipes.  This has been fixed.
• Aesthetically improved "recipetheme0".   (To get this file, first rename your "recipetheme0.htm" file in your "My BigOven Themes" directory, and then install the upgrade.)

What's New in version 1.8.963 (Jan, 2006)

• Bug Fix:  Loading a new recipe box via the open menus now fully clears out the current recipe, preventing field-level data from being overwritten when switching recipe boxes (in the event of exactly the same recipeid).  (thread)
• Ctrl-A now selects all recipes in the current recipe box (thread)
• Added a new feature to right-click recipe results context menu that allows you to unlink a recipe from the archive (thread)
• Ctrl-Z now is properly brings up resize recipe (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.962 (Dec, 2005)

• Fixed a bug where the 9th custom tag added wasn't properly remembered from session to session. (thread)
• Fixed a typo in the "Tags" header (it said "Tas") when entering custom tags.

What's New in version 1.8.961 (Dec, 2005)

• Shopping list item notes are now printed on shopping lists if you select "print" from "uncombined" mode (thread)
• Added recognition for "tbsp" as a unit of measure in the Screen Import function (thread)
• Added recognition for the 1/2, 1/4, and 3/4 single-characters in Screen Import function (thread)

What's New in version 1.8.960 (Nov, 2005)

• Notes and short descriptions now print with proper paragraph formatting.  (thread)
• Double-clicking on a recipe in the calendar now highlights the recipes so that you can immediately print it more conveniently (thread)
• This also now works in shopping list view -- simply double-click on the recipe in the recipe list to immediately load and highlight that recipe (thread)
• The default directory shown for the "Browse..." button (to assign pictures) is now the "Pictures" subfolder of whatever recipe box you are viewing at the time.  (thread)
• Warning for improperly formatted ingredient lines now displays only once, letting you fix the line without interference (thread)
• Recipe boxes can now be renamed and created with upper, lower, and mixed case.  (thread)
• Custom tags have been expanded from 10 to 50 (thread, thread)
• Recipe printing in 4x6 format no longer have occasional stray short lines. 
• There is a new checkbox in Tools/Options, "Always Analyze Nutrition", which, when checked ON, will automatically attempt to auto-link a recipe's nutrients whenever that recipe is loaded into the view.  (Doing so slows down your navigation performance slightly due to these calculations, and for that reason its default is "Off", but this may be very  useful to those who are specifically using BigOven to analyze nutritional content.)
• Eliminated the "Now please enter the recipe... dialog" when creating new recipes.
• Slightly expanded the field size for units, so recipes posted to the archive don't have truncated ingredient measurements that look like: "1 can (12 ounce Tomato Soup".
• Directly editing an ingredient's Department on a shopping list will be remembered on future uses of that ingredient.  (thread)
• Includes an attempted resolution for a graphics/repaint issue reported by some users that use certain graphics accelerator cards (thread)
• Bulk move operations were leaving vestige ingredient lines around, which showed up as "shadow" ingredient lines  when adding new recipes in a box that just had a bulk-move operation done.  Fixed.  (thread)
• Greatly improved accuracy on Screen Import operations (thread)
• Added a couple of web links to answers to Frequently Asked Questions to the Help menu

1.8.96 is the Final Update for 1.x

With this release, we be bringing to an end the free version update stream for the 1.x version of BigOven.  In 2006, we will be introducing an optional subscription plan (tentative price: approx. $19/year) for customers to get subsequent major and minor upgrades to BigOven as well as new and powerful features on the website.

Note, this subscription plan will be an optional one -- your version of BigOven will continue to work for you as-is, and basic access to the site will remain free.  What we are saying is that we will be introducing some new and highly useful features to those who opt into the BigOven annual subscription, and this will include ongoing updates.  More news to come on this annual subscription offering will be provided when we're ready to talk about it in greater detail, but we want to give you a heads-up today. 

What's New in version 1.8.953 (Sep 22, 2005)

• New Weekly Meal Plan printout and view.  See this thread, among others.
• Shopping list is now centered in printout, with slightly more attractive fonts

What's New in version 1.8.952 (Sep 10, 2005)

• Recipes copied to the clipboard now carry the scaling that you've applied
• Recipes copied to the clipboard support fractions in serving sizes See this thread.
• New web navigation toolbar -- updated look
• New web navigation button -- "My Favorites" link (the heart on the toolbar).  This takes you straight to your "My Favorites" list of recipes from BigOven.com.
• Screen Import now has a "Short Description" button to allow for easier capturing of the short description.  See this thread.
• New button:  Show/Hide Web Address bar.  Allows for a tidier interface.
• Corrected fix for non-US customers who write dates in "dd/mm/yy" format rather than the US "mm/dd/yy" format.  (This is manifest in a variety of ways in the meal calendar; notes could "disappear" when being added onto some dates but not others, etc.)  This issue was replicated and fixed with the help of Can't Change Notes for this Day thread from Canadian user kryan. 

What's New in version 1.8.951 (Aug 29, 2005)

• Generating shopping list from meal plan now defaults to all recipes within that date range checked rather than unchecked.
• Fix for non-US customers who write dates in "dd/mm/yy" format rather than the US "mm/dd/yy" format.  (This is manifest in a variety of ways in the meal calendar; notes could "disappear" when being added onto some dates but not others, recipes within a date range might or might not show up, etc.)  This issue was replicated and fixed with the help of "Notes for This Day" Disappear thread from Canadian user kryan. 
• Various minor display bug fixes/improvements

What's New in version 1.8.933 (Jul 5, 2005)

• BigOven will now launch your preferred browser (e.g., Firefox, Opera, IE, etc.) when you choose Message Board or FAQ options from the Help menu.  See this thread.  Thanks to djb, abbyladybug, Meg and others for helping us understand how important even a small step toward this issue is to them.
• Bug fix:  BigOven now properly clears out any recipe cache so that you don't experience a recipe "vestige" hanging around after certain bulk operations.  See this thread for more information.

What's New in version 1.8.932 (Jun 19, 2005)

• This point release focused exclusively on improving Windows Mobile Support.

  In other words, if you don't have Windows Mobile, this point release doesn't add anything new over 1.8.931, below.  Specifically, this release:

  a)  Synchronization locations are now located more robustly.  If your PDA was having trouble locating the shopping list published from the PC, this should help.

  b)  Photos are now brought to your Windows Mobile device if one exists!  You can now simply import the recipes you'd like from BigOven and immediately publish the ones you want to your PDA.  A new camera icon is on the recipe view toolbar for those recipes that have photos.

  c)  We fixed the bug which was causing a load error for the brand new, higher-resolution VGA Windows Mobile devices such as the hp4700 series. 

  Windows Mobile (formerly known as "Pocket PC") users -- To get the new improvements for the Windows Mobile companion, be sure to download and install the updated copy of the Windows Mobile Companion as well as the PC software.  On your Windows Mobile device, we recommend removing BigOven first.  Go to Start/Settings/Remove Programs, and Remove BigOven from your PDA.  Then, download the latest edition of the Windows Mobile companion and run setup to install, and download and install the BigOven for Windows update for your PC.

What's New in version 1.8.931 (Jun 1, 2005)

• Ingredient line field sizes -- unit of measure, prep/notes and item name are now significantly expanded.  See this forum thread.  The sole focus of this update was to dramatically expand the field size limitations in the prep/notes (now 255 chars), unit of measure (now 25 chars) and item name (now 100 chars).  In addition, the prep notes entry field now scrolls to the right as you type.

  Note that the first time you load a recipe box, if it has a lot of recipes in it, you may notice a small delay as the field sizes are expanded.  Just let the program complete its work -- subsequent loads will not encounter this small delay.
   

• [Internal note -- recipe boxes now report version number.  This represents version number 1.1.]

What's New in version 1.8.930 (May 18, 2005)

• Setup now installs the "My BigOven Recipes" by default to the "Shared Documents" folder (Windows XP and 2000).  This is in response to some user requests via email to allow multiple user accounts on an XP machine to easily share data, as well as to earn "Designed for Windows XP" designation.  As a result, BigOven can also now be run by Windows Limited Users (on Windows XP) without having to run install again from the individual Limited User accounts.  Existing users -- note that if you end up with "My BigOven Recipes" in both the "Shared Documents" folder as well as your own individual one, you can choose whichever is more recently modified to keep as your primary one, and tell BigOven which one to use by setting the "My BigOven Recipes Location" field in Tools/Options.
• Setup now installs a Quick Launch shortcut on the system tray.
• Fixed a bug which caused abnormal program termination if a user created a new recipe box, created a brand new recipe, added that new recipe to a shopping list, then added that same recipe immediately to a dinner calendar.

What's New in version 1.8.928 (May 15, 2005)

• Released a fix for ingredient linking "training" issue.  See this forum thread.  Thanks to dearmore for alerting us.

What's New in version 1.8.927 (April 18, 2005)

• Importing a recipe with a photo from the archive now imports the picture for you automatically!
• Bug fixed in Cook'n import process in which the program could sometimes not read the BGO file generated
• Uninstall now prompts you whether you'd also like to delete your "My BigOven Recipes" folder and all its contents for a more complete removal of the program and all its data.  (We had previously left this directory alone on uninstall by design, since some users wanting to upgrade were accidentally deleting this directory.  Note that when you upgrade versions, you should generally choose "repair" if prompted.  In general, do not use the "remove" option unless you really want to remove the program and all BigOven recipe data from your machine, but you can still opt to preserve the data on uninstallation.)
• Searching across recipe boxes now shows more information in status bar area, e.g.,  "123 recipes in all boxes" underneath search results; searching locally in just your currently-loaded recipe box shows "123 recipes".
• Small display bug in which the recipe view showed a small sliver underneath the shopping list when you single-clicked on recipes in the recipe result list

What's New in version 1.8.925 (February 25, 2005)

• You can now rename a recipe box from within the program -- right click on the recipe box in the "R. Boxes" view in the left-hand Outlook-style bar.  Links in your shopping list and meal plans are converted to refer to the newly-named recipe box.
• BigOven now uses a smaller font to display the Outlook-style bar, making it a little easier to read longer recipe box names.  (To get the full name, use the "Open" command on the "File" menu.)
• You can now delete a recipe box from within the program -- right click on the recipe box in the "R. Boxes" view in the left-hand Outlook-style bar.  Links in your shopping list and meal plans are deleted.
• When you enter shopping list items whose string length exceeds the space of the control, it scrolls right automatically.
• Bug fix -- recipes on the shopping list that had one or more apostrophe in them, when double-clicked, would not properly (automatically) open the recipe box which contains them.  Now they will.
• Slight expansion of the recipe results window; i.e., less pixel width now exists between results window and Outlook-style bar.
• Fixed backspace/delete issue in shopping list editing.  Thanks to Expat for alerting us with a rock-solid repro case.
• .MX2 file import now also imports serving suggestions and notes.  Thanks to Elwood for alerting us with a great repro case.

What's New in version 1.8.920 (February 15, 2005)

• Edits to recipes are reflected in the recipe view (the "View" tab) without having to press refresh
• Changes made in the ingredients list automatically update the scaled column
• Changes made to the recipe title automatically change the title in the recipe results display.  See this thread.
• Small changes to splashscreen (reduced flicker on loading)

What's New in version 1.8.910 (February 12, 2005)

• Recognized "*  Exported from MasterCook  *" format automatically for MasterCook import in more forms.  Tip of the hat to blulyin for alerting us on the message board.
• Made Help a separate process.   Thanks LurfysMa for alerting us on the message board.

What's New in version 1.8.9 (February 9, 2005)

• Fixed backspace/delete issue in ingredient editing.  Thanks to Expat for alerting us with a rock-solid repro case.
• Pressing ESC in various windows no longer "cancels" the window.  This behavior was always harmless to data, but left the window blank until it was repainted.  No more.
• You can now add a hard carriage return to notes and short description fields.  Thanks to blulyn in this thread.
• Pictures are now properly named when recipe titles have quotes (single or double) in them.  Thanks to blulyin in this thread.  (The special TM symbol and other non-alphanumeric characters were left for a future release.)
• Improved the informational message and recovery help you get when you move a recipe box or the My BigOven folder.  (Moving your recipe boxes around is not recommended but BigOven will simply ask you where it's located if it can no longer find it.)

What's New in version 1.8.8 (January 30, 2005)

• Software activation, which helps reduce piracy and improve the product and service value delivered to all paying customers.

What's New in version 1.8.7 (January 23, 2005)

• Smoother import of recipe titles that were pasted in from "* Exported from MasterCook * format.  See this thread; thanks Helen.

What's New in version 1.8.6 (January 13, 2005)

• Expanded size of the Screen Import dialog, and window, lets you import from the clipboard or web page more easily.  (See Edit/Screen Import)
• The to: line in the email dialog now scrolls as you type, letting you enter much longer to: addresses
• Clicking in whitespace in the ingredients control no longer tries to load the ingredient linking dialog (see this thread; thanks Joyce)

What's New in version 1.8.5 (January 1, 2005)

• This release brings dramatically improved text-based recipe copy and paste.  If you've started a blog or browse newsgroups and have noticed that the "* Exported from BigOven *" format is very sensitive to the amount of whitespace (spaces, tabs, column position, etc.), then this build is for you.  We've fixed this problem.  To see how cool this is, after you install BigOven 1.8.5, try pasting in a recipe or two from our sample blog, and you'll see what we mean.
  
  This build delivers a new and dramatically improved "-= Exported from BigOven =-" format that lets you brings over recipe subheadings, keywords, and even the BigOven ID if the recipe is posted to the archive.  These are carried over when pasting into the program. 
   
• Recipe bloggers, recipe newsgroup posters and recipe emailers, take note -- this improved text format now is whitespace-friendly in HTML.  That means that you can paste the recipe text and it should be immediately be importable without retyping by others when you post.  The new format begins "-= Exported from BigOven =-"; the old format begins "* Exported from BigOven *".  1.8.5 and beyond will read both formats, but we strongly recommend switching to the new format.  If you're a blogger or recipe newsgroup poster, you no longer have tousethe<pre></pre> to allow them to be easily imported into BigOven by others.
   
• The shopping list gets a little smarter the more you use it.  If you modify the department of an item directly in the shopping list control, it will remember that item's location for the future.  (Put another way, you do not need to go to Tools/Options/Ingredients to alter the department.)  
   
• Fixed "cannot see Saturday on meal calendar" issue for people who use Extra Large Fonts in Windows.  Thanks to those on the message board who mentioned this one.
   
• If you modify the department of an item directly in the shopping list control, and the item is not yet known to BigOven, it will add it to the list of remembered items.
   
• Started posting updates without the extra recipe box content.  Requested by Dana and several others on the forum.  Download size for updates have been cut roughly in half.
   
• Now displaying Notes on main recipe view.  (Advanced users, this is available in your template via the @BO_NOTES@ tag)
   
• Added BigOven ID of recipe (with hyperlink to the online copy of the recipe) immediately after the serving size in the main view.  (If it is not posted, this does not show.)
   
• Improved support for heading import from MC7.  See this thread.  Tip of the chef's hat to M&M's Dad.
   
• Fixed keyword issue -- if a private (@) keyword is applied, then the Edit categories link is chosen, the keywords were unchecked.  Fixed and resolved.  See this thread.  Thanks to Aedan.
   
• Eliminated the "file is in use" message that occasionally appeared upon exiting the program under rare circumstances.
   
• On backup, cancel now prevents backup.  See this thread.  Thanks M&M's Dad and Dana.
• Fixed issue in shopping list when trying to delete items when in combine mode.  See this thread.  Tip of the chef's hat to planningahead.
• Made the import from badly-formed .MXP files a little more graceful and intelligent.  See this thread. 

What's New in version 1.8.1 (December 5, 2004)

• Improved ingredient parsing in screen import.  Thanks to Sheila's post on the message board.
• Entering recipes is now a little faster.  Instructions textbox now supports some familiar Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts, like ctrl-backspace to delete a word, ctrl-LeftArrow to move the cursor back a word, ctrl-ForwardArrow to move cursor forward a word.
• MXP import can now import recipes in Macintosh MasterCook format.  Thanks to rcowan for his post.

What's New in version 1.8.1 (November, 2004)

• Fixed apostrophes in prep-notes field.  Thanks to sagman's find here
• Improved "import" and "rate it" button graphics
• Added @BO_NOTES@ in recipe theme area.  See this thread.  again, a tip of the hat to sagman.

What's New in version 1.8 (November, 2004)

• Final support for the new BigOven Palm Companion, as well as some data updates.

What's New in version 1.7.7 (November, 2004)

• This release contains major enhancements to the nutrition linking process.  Specifically, when you create a link between a given ingredient by double-clicking on the scale icon (e.g., 1 clove of garlic = 2 ts of garlic), your new units of measure will be remembered for all subsequent entries of that ingredient, and BigOven is also much smarter about unit conversion.  In the example just given, all the subsequent recipes you enter that call for 3 cloves of garlic will auto-link, as will 1 1/2 cloves of garlic, 1 clove of garlic, 5 grams of garlic, and more.  In this way, you'll discover that BigOven's nutrition linking gets significantly "smarter" over time.  The more you use the program, the more BigOven will automatically link the ingredients in as you type them.
• You can now create an unlimited number of new units of measure for any ingredient. 
• New Unit Converter (available from the Tools menu) lets you easily convert between volumes, weights and temperatures.
• Nutrients window now resizes more elegantly; no more overlapping windows.
• More condensed "nutrition facts" display.
• Closing out of the program now automatically cleans up temporary directory, speeding up navigation.
• Changed behavior of new/save nutrients to be more intuitive.
• Update to "you're offline" message, noting to the user that blocked access could also be a firewall issue.

• Windows Mobile / Pocket PC users MUST also download the new version of the Windows Mobile PDA software when upgrading to release 1.7.7.  We've introduced some new features that require you to upgrade your BigOven Mobile software.  You can download the new Windows Mobile companion here; simply cradle your PDA and install over the existing application.
• Your own ingredient list is automatically sent to Palm or Pocket PC, making it easier to build lists by tapping.
• Added final internal support for BigOven Palm Companion v1.0.  The BigOven Palm Companion lets you read recipes and shopping lists and carry them with you on your Palm OS device, and is coming this month.
• Publish to Mobile Dialog now allows you to publish your next 14 days' worth of recipes on your meal plan to your Palm or Pocket PC device, by default.

What's New in Version 1.7.5 (October 23, 2004)

• This release contains a big improvement for free trial users -- we have removed most limitations for free trial users, while keeping the evaluation limit at 30 days.   Free evaluators can create and open new recipe boxes, and we have expanded the recipe box size in the trial version to 2,000.
• The program now installs the following additional recipe boxes:  vegetarian, weight watchers, mixeddrinks, lowcarb, and crockpot.
• Improvements to the edit-nutrients dialog, which makes navigating through nutrients easier.  Also expanded size of nutrition linking window.  (See this forum thread.)
• Code is now Authenticode-signed as coming from Lakefront Software, Inc.; users no longer see "Unknown publisher" in setup.
• Minor bug fix:  This build also contains an attempted resolution for the GetLongPathName error reported by one NT 4.0 user.  We could not reproduce this error in our labs but attempted with this build to address it and are awaiting confirmation. 

What's New in Version 1.7.4 (October 10, 2004)

• Print recipes in 4 x 6" or 3 x 5" recipe card format
• Change the web view size via new toolbar option -- View / Text Size

What's New in Version 1.7.3 (October 5, 2004)

• You can now choose the backup location in the "Backup BigOven Files" command on the file menu.  (Feature request from the Message Board.)
• You can now tell BigOven where the 'My BigOven Recipes' folder is, should you move this to another disk drive or directory.  (Feature request from the Message Board.)
• Clicking on the header in the recipe results will sort the results alphabetically or by star rating.
• Display bug fix related to this message posted to the message board.
• Improved aesthetics and instructions for posting a recipe to the archive.

What's New in Version 1.7.1

• NEW:  You can highlight any recipe result set and right click and choose "Move to recipe box", or "Copy to recipe box".  Recipe data, nutrition information and photos will be moved or copied to the destination recipe box.  This was suggested several weeks ago by several people in the "Feature Request" area of our message board, and it resurfaced again recently.  Thanks, users, for another great suggestion!  Note too that when you move or copy recipes to a new recipe box, the shopping list and calendar references will point to the new recipe box location, and automatically load the new recipe box when the recipe (on the shopping list or meal calendar) is double-clicked.
• Improved:  When opening a new recipe box, the current state of the filter buttons is applied.  (Suggested on the Message Board by The Big Cheese.)
• You can now capitalize recipe box titles when creating them; they are no longer automatically converted to lower case.
• In the free starter edition -- Purchase dialog now indicates more clearly whether the operation that was attempted (e.g., exceeding the limit, etc.) was because the user is in the free version.

What's New in Version 1.7.0

• We this release, we imposed a 30-day limit to the free starter edition.  Simultaneously, we increased the trial recipe box size to 100.  There is still a limitation that you can only work with one recipe box -- the standard.crb.

What's New in Version 1.6.9 (Sept 22, 04)

• New:  Outlook bar on left now has an easy way to switch between recipe boxes.  This was suggested by Dana, and thus this release is called "The Dana Build".
• New:  Outlook bar on left now has easy way to browse courses (Breakfast, Lunch, Appetizer, Bread, Main Dish, Side Dish, Dessert)
• Fixed:  Startup sound checkbox now reflects proper state

What's New in Version 1.6.8 (Sept 19, 04)

• Improved affiliate sales commission tracking
• Bug fix:  Creating a new cookbook now properly populates the File/Open Recipe Box quick-menu.

What's New in Version 1.6.5 (Sept 15, 04)

• New ingredient editing option in Tools/Options.  This feature was suggested on our message board.
• New splashscreen
• Fixed tab order on entering ingredients to speed recipe entry
• Bug fix:  when you enter an ingredient line heading, you are no longer prompted for the dept/aisle name

What's New in Version 1.6.5 (Sept 15, 04)

• New:  When you copy one or more recipes to the clipboard, and paste them to text, your recipes will be in "* Exported from BigOven *" text format.  This format is recognized by BigOven's "Screen Import" command -- which means you can easily copy and paste recipes from BigOven and share them on any recipe-swapping newsgroups.  
• Recipes in "* Exported from BigOven *" format allow you to simply paste them into any recipe box without retyping.

What's New in Version 1.6.4 (Sept 8, 04)

• New:  Clicking the print button from within the shopping list automatically loads shopping list for print preview.
• New:  Nicer Shopping List Printout
• New:  You can now print a Month-at-a-Glance Meal Calendar
• New:  You can optionally turn off the recipes in meal plan
• New:  Recipe box name now also shows in title bar, in addition to (bottom) status bar

What's New in Version 1.6.3

• New:  You can now email multiple recipe cards at once.
• New:  Link status is more clearly displayed on the ingredient details page, which you can bring up by double-clicking on the nutritional linking scale.
• New:  When you specify a department for an item, BigOven will remember it for subsequent recipes.
• New:  Auto-link button on the edit tab allows you to try to link all ingredients to their nutritional information in one step.
• New:  BigOven's memory of new ingredients that are added and linked has been further improved.  It does a better job remembering nutrition linking.  (We have further improvements pending.)
• New:  Users get a confirmation dialog when new recipes are imported upon receipt of email.

What's New in Version 1.6.2

• New:  Authenticated SMTP now supported!   This means that everyone who has an Internet Service Provider (like AOL) that requires authentication for sending email can now send recipes via email.
• Email dialog now shows a larger, easier to read font.

What's New in Version 1.6.1 (Aug 30, 2004)

• Fixed:  Paragraph breaks in the instructions now carry over in sent email.  (Thanks Ted for the bug report.)
• New:  Newer, more attractive default recipe theme.
• New:  When generating a shopping list from a meal plan, you can now have BigOven optionally prompt you for the ingredients in each recipe before it adds them to the shopping list.
• New:  Added menu command (on Tools menu) to generate shopping list from meal plan.
• New:  You can enter serving size information in the Screen Import dialog.

What's New in Version 1.6.0

• New:  Meal Calendar shows bold text if a date has notes or recipes on it.
• New:  You can highlight multiple items at once (hold down control and click) from the shopping list, and delete them in one operation.
• New:  Meal Calendar now displays "friendly" date text for the highlighted date.  E.g., 'Saturday, May 10".

What's New in Version 1.5.9

• New:  You can now define up to 10 custom keywords that are accessible on the find menu and add keyword menu.
• New:  You can now mark/unmark multiple recipes at a time
• New:  Graphics for the find dialog
• Metric improvements -- metric conversions are more logically displayed (e.g., 600 grams instead of 0.6 kg)
• Bug fix:  When emailing a recipe, carriage returns in body of email now reflect in the email itself.

What's New in Version 1.5.8 (August 13th, 2004)

• Several improvements to make it easier to use BigOven on an 800x600 screen.  There's a new expand/contract button that is to the left of the viewer control.  (ctrl-w is a shortcut to expand/contract this view). 
• A new "Web" button in the outlook bar that takes you straight to the BigOven recipe archive

What's New in Version 1.5.7 (August 11th, 2004)

• Bug fix:  Importing fractions in MX2 files now captures fractional amounts.  This feature was suggested on our message board.

What's New in Version 1.5.6 (August 9th, 2004)

• Bug fix:  Can now perform leftover wizard on local recipe box

What's New in Version 1.5.5 (August 5, 2004)

• NEW:  You can now search across all recipe boxes in both simple and advanced find. 
• NEW:  You can easily open your recipe boxes via the File menu.  This feature was suggested on our message board.
• NEW:  Email recipients can choose which recipe box they'd like to place a received recipe into, when they double-click on the email attachment. 
• NEW:  When posting a recipe, a new dialog prompts the user for any final missing information before posting -- cuisine, main ingredient, rating, keywords, and notes.
• NEW:  You can multi-select recipes in the results view -- this allows you to print multiple recipes in one operation, as well as add them to a shopping list and/or meal plan.
• Slight update to the default recipe view -- added an off-white background to recipes viewed locally.

What's New in Version 1.5.0 (July 21, 2004)

• Fixed:  Entering a source field of greater than 50 characters still allows a save
• Fixed:  Windows 98, 98SE, NT users will notice the first dropdown in advanced find (begins with / contains) now shows both lines in the dropdown rather than 2 pixels
• Fixed:  Users who choose "Always show in metric" will now get a prompt if they try to convert a recipe back to imperial.  ("Always show in metric", in Tools/Options will always override other conversion options, by design, since it is applied just before the recipe is displayed and is intended to aid non-US users in seeing the many US-created recipes in metric format by default.)
• All the good new stuff in 1.5.0, below.

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:  What's New in Version 1.5.0 (July 20, 2004)

• You can delete a recipe from the shopping list simply by highlighting on the recipe (below the shopping list lines) and pressing the Delete key.   This feature was suggested on our message board.
• Fixed: The up/down arrow in the ingredient editing dialog now consistently moves ingredient lines up and down.  This feature was suggested on our message board.
• Fixed: Improved appearance of recipes imported when you receive a BigOven email attachment from a friend, particularly carriage returns and the ampersand character, which now carry over properly in the recipe to the recipient, along with the other characters.
• NEW:  Added "Resize recipe" command to the Edit menu
• NEW:  Several keyboard shortcuts have been added.  See the Help File under "Keyboard Shortcuts".
• Fixed:  Alt Keys now work properly for keyboard shortcuts
• NEW:  In Screen Import, if you are pasting recipe text that is in MasterCook text format, BigOven will automatically recognize it and import it without needing to indicate which fields are which.  (Note, BigOven looks for "*  Exported from  MasterCook  *" in your pasted text.)
• NEW:  When you add a new ingredient that BigOven doesn't currently know, it will prompt you for the grocery department and the unit of purchase.  Further, once that ingredient item is nutritionally linked, BigOven will remember the linking in all future recipes entered.
• The user interface sound effect on the changing of views has been removed.
• NEW:  Clicking on the title in the recipe view will now change the focus to the edit recipe view
• NEW:  Degree symbol to the right of the instructions allows you to easily enter this special character.

What's New in Version 1.4.8

• BigOven can now import MasterCook XML (.MX2) recipe files.
• Check out the enormous collection of MasterCook MX2 recipes at MAD's Recipe Emporium

What's New in Version 1.4.5

• International users take note:  You can now choose to have all local recipes displayed by metric (or English) by default -- see Tools/Options -- click the checkbox that says "Display my recipes in metric"
• Pressing the Delete key now removes one or more selected recipes on the meal calendar.  (You no longer have to drag and drop the recipe outside the window).
• New, more attractive recipe display themes
• F1 now launches help from any window
• Source and short description now display in recipe view
• Star-ratings are hot in recipe view -- it launches the recipe rating dialog
• You can edit keywords in a single click from the recipe view, without going to the notes tab

What's New in Version 1.4.0

• Minor performance improvement on loading recipes
• Added Rate Recipe command to Edit menu
• After resizing a recipe, the resized quantities for ingredients are added, instead of the original quantities
• Minor bug fix -- duplicate recipe titles no longer load  (with blank recipe titles) after print-previewing a meal plan
• Double-clicking on a recipe in the results window now immediately brings you to the recipe view from within any other view
• Added a "Recipe Archive (Internet)" to the file menu for quick access to the recipe archive

What's New in Version 1.3.8 (June 19, 2004)

• Minor fix related to implementing notes on calendar -- when making a shopping list from a meal plan, blank lines no longer show up.

What's New in Version 1.3.7 (June 15, 2004)

• Notes can be added to any day in the meal calendar -- use for preparation notes, sequence of events, to-do lists, etc.
• You can tag and untag recipes with the "@Try Soon" keyword much quicker by right clicking on a recipe
• Recipe source field is now published with recipe
• Fixed a bug in MasterCook (MXP) bug which was occasionally mismatching recipe titles and ingredients
• Imports of MXP files now properly add carriage returns when they are present in the instructions
• One-time balloon tooltip explains how to drag and drop recipes onto the shopping list window (this is displayed once only)

What's New in Version 1.3.5 (June 9, 2004)

• Improved speed moving from recipe to recipe
• Further edited content for the "standard" recipe box that ships with BigOven.  Note -- by default, BigOven installation will not overwrite your standard recipe box, for obvious reasons.  If you'd like to get the new recipe box, simply copy over your standard recipe folder (you'll find it under the RBOX folder) to a new folder name, and install the update. 
• Windows 9x, 98, WinME bug fix:  Shopping list and ingredient line editing no longer result in occasional crashes 
• Windows 9x, 98, WinME bug fix:  Screen Import dialog displays properly

What's New in Version 1.3.2

• Installation now supports any folder for your program files or recipe data
• Fixed:  Import .MMF files now properly brings in ingredient lines
• Upon completion of setup, the welcome page is only loaded for first-time installations
• Better instructions on how to "clean up" a recipe before posting to BigOven.com
• New option in Tools/Options lets you turn off the warning when a recipe is not formatted well

What's New in Version 1.3.1 (May 29, 2004)

• New free trial model -- no longer limited by 15 days from installation.  Now limited by size of recipe box.
• Rollover graphics on green buttons in webview

What's New in Version 1.3.0  (May 27, 2004)

• Support for BigOven for Windows Mobile
• Less flicker when changing views

What's New in Version 1.2.9 (May 18, 2004)

• New nutrition facts display for the Nutrition Tab -- Much easier to read and closer to the USDA format
• Added nutritional information for Sugar content
• Fixed bug that was preventing newly-added Nutrients from being linkable
• Loading local recipes is now significantly faster, since recipes, by default, do not show the nutrition box in the webview display (go to the nutrition tab for this information)
• New "Copy Recipe Text to Clipboard" feature -- works for single recipes and multiple recipes
• Fixed a minor display bug that used to cause the display to flash when using BigOven's navigation bar to switch Views

What's New in Version 1.2.6 (May 7, 2004)

• More condensed printing of shopping lists
• Shopping list quantities now combine
• Added balloon message that warns user when recipe has ingredientlines with blank ingredient names
• Fixed double-quotation mark bug which duplicates the quotation mark (') when importing recipes from BigOven.com
• Fixed text on button of Open Shopping List dialog
• Fixed bug which caused looping when shopping list was double-clicked in Windows Explorer

What's New in Version 1.2.5  (May 5, 2004)

• Added another QuickFilter button above recipe results to filter quickly by course (salad, dessert, etc.), as well as private keywords like @Try Soon!, @Favorite, and @My Diet.
• Added new private keywords @My Diet, @Favorite, @Try Soon!.  Private keywords begin with an at symbol (@) and are considered relative to the user, not to the recipe itself.  That is, these keywords are not posted to BigOven.com.
• You can now right click on a highlighted set of recipes in the results window and add a keyword to all of them. 
• Fixed a bug in metric display which previously showed metric quantities as fractions.  Changed to decimal display.
• Added Idea Wizard link from the Tools menu.
• Started posting a changelog