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Click the “Add new recipe” button to create a new recipe in the Recipes list.
Click the New button to add an item to the recipe. An item represents an ingredient or variable in the recipe that may
change from one recipe record to another. Each item has the following parameters that can be configured
independently.
Item name: This is the name that appears at the top of the column in the Recipe View that describes the particular
ingredient or variable for each item in the recipe. Usually, this is alphanumeric.
Data type: If the data in the column is alphanumeric, choose ASCII as the data type. If the data is numerical, you can
select from a variety of numeric formats (16-bit signed or unsigned, 32-bit signed or unsigned, 32-bit float, etc.).
Size: Choose how many characters wide the column requires.
Decimal Pt.: Determines how many digits to the right of the decimal point is displayed.
Alignment: Align left, center, or right.
Once the recipe format has been configured, you can select Export definition file of recipes to save the recipe format
in a recipe definition file (*.rdef). This is imported by the Recipe Database Editor for editing recipes and saving as a
recipe database file (*.db) (see “Adding and Editing Data in a Recipe in the Recipe Database Editor” below).
Otherwise, the recipe can be edited using the Recipe Records Library, which reads the recipe formats directly from
the System Parameters > Recipes tab.
Adding and Editing Data in a Recipe in EZwarePlus
Open the Recipe Records Library (Library > Recipe Records) to edit the recipe data in EZwarePlus.
The recipe formats that were created in the System Parameters > Recipes tab will appear in the Recipes list on the
left side of the Recipe Records dialog. Select a recipe in the Recipes list to edit the data. The Item names that were
created for the recipe in the System Parameters appear along the top of the Recipe Records dialog.
Click the Add button to add records to the recipe. Enter the data for each column. In this example, the first column is
the name of the recipe record and subsequent columns represent the ingredients used, with the data entered
representing the amount of each ingredient.
You can use the up/down arrow buttons to move a selected recipe record up and down in the list. When all the
recipe records have been created and the data entered, click the OK button to close the Recipe Records dialog.
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