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WineMate PC User Guide |
WineMate PC is released as "WineWare" software. It is freely available, and if you like it you can send me a bottle of wine you like.
It is intended to work with WineMate Palm release 4.0.
WineMatePC is intended to be a "companion" application for WineMate/Palm, allowing you to manage your Palm databases on your desktop.
Please note carefully that WineMatePC is very much "use at own risk".
Welcome to WineMate PC, the WineMate Palm Pilot companion.
The author created WineMate PC to provide a simple, easy to use WineMate Palm desktop companion.
I tried to make it as simple and as intuitive as possible, these notes are provided just to explain a few things that may not be immediately obvious.
The contact email address for WineMate PC is winematepc@free.fr
Philippe Bressy
Ollioules, France (Bandol Area)
WineMate PC is designed to run on any Windows Platform, from Windows 95 up to Windows XP. WineMate PC has been tested on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It is not possible to test all Windows OS combinations. Please report bugs so they can be fixed!
To install WineMate
PC, simply unzip the package into C:\Program Files\WineMatePC,
run
C:\Program Files\WineMatePC\WM_Install.exe to install PC Conduit,
process an Hotsynch,
and finally run C:\Program
Files\WineMatePC\WineMatePC.exe
Installation Notes:
1. The installation provides some import parameters files stored in the C:\Program Files\WineMatePC. Those files are listed below :
- P_Bordeaux.csv provides the entire ‘Appellation’ definition for the Bordeaux Area.
- P_Burgundy.csv provides the entire ‘Appellation’ definition for the Burgundy Area.
- P_Classement.csv provides the Bordeaux area classification used by the Bordeaux Grand Cru Classé Wine import file.
- W_Medoc.csv provides the complete list of Grand Cru Classé in 1855, in addition the list of Cru bourgeois classified according the 2003 Classification (with rank).
- W_St-Emilion.csv provides the list for the St-Emillion Classification.
Please send me your list(s), to be posted on the WEB
Once you
have installed WineMate PC, you need to assign the directory in which
you store your local copy of the WineMate database files
Once you have installed WineMate PC, you need to select the palm profile you want to work with. In most cases, you will only have one choice.
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Then select the User
The name you use for your palm, should be displayed in the Default User Selector.
As with WineMate Palm, WineMate PC allows you to manage information about wine:
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Wine records
2 Tasting
records
3 Cellar records
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Parameters records
The version 4.30 introduce a full synchronization between WineMate PC and WineMate Palm.
Then you just have to Hostsynch, in order to synchronize the files between the two platforms.
Before creating new WineMate database files, always make sure you have saved a copy of your current database files in a safe place. If something goes wrong with the update, you should always be confident you can reinstall a copy of your previous database files. There is no way to backout changes made with WineMatePC.
The wine list shows by default all the wines in Cellar. To display all the wines, you have to select "Show empty Cellar".
The filter button allows defining a very precise selection (see below).
A view of the Wine is available on the right of the Dialog, with Cellar and Tasting related records, which can be added or viewed.
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Double click on the wine, or a click on Edit, allows modifying the record. |
The Cellar display how many bottles are in Cellar for the selected wines. If you select Cellar View, a Cellar Dialog will open with a filter applied on the Wine Producer that create the selected Wine. You can then see all the wines from this producer, including the selected wine.
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Double click on the cellar record, or a click on Edit, allows modifying the record. |
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The Tasting record list can also be filtered in a similar manner to the Wine record. |
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Double click on the tasting record, or a click on Edit, allows modifying the record. |
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The Filter Dialog allows you to filter on different field based on an AND. All the selected fields are active to process the filtering. The example implements a filter on the Area Loire. We can then enhance the filter with a specific year, by example 1998, or requesting only the Red wines in the Loire Area. |
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Using the Reports menu Cellar Content, Cellar Inventory and Cellar Output can be generated these reports are generated in HTML format and will launch in your designated HTML viewer (usually Internet Explorer).
As WineMate PC is
intended to work with WineMate Palm, it has the same limitations.
On
some PC configurations, Anti Virus software (especially Norton) can
significantly slow down PDB loading
- if you find this is the case, try disabling your Anti Virus software
Enjoy !
Version 4.1 First public available version
- Provide
PDB Import/Export
- CSV Conversion
(export to Excel)
- Cellar Content
HTML generator
- Basic
Parameter/Cellar/Wine/Tasting Edition
- Works
with WineMate Palm 4.10+ Version
Version 4.21 Corrections/Adds
- Changes
regarding terms in sync with WineMate Palm
- Tasting
entry form modified
- Inventory HTML
generator
- Tasting note fields
added
- Cellar Inventory HTML Form
- This will help you to make
inventory. Paper based inventory.
- Cellar
Outputs Report.
Version 4.23 Corrections
- Correct
a bug in the Setting Dialog Default Taster & Source were not
managed correctly
- Add automatic
version reporting during support request
- Fix
issue regarding PDB loading timing.
Version 4.24 Corrections
- Minor
change on HTML report ("note" replaced by
"Rating")
- Documentation
introduction part of the installation package
- Documentation
correction. Many thanks to Chris Ramsay for the corrections.
Version 4.25 Corrections
- Automatic Packaging of the delivery
Version 4.26 Corrections
- A
Bug in the edit parameter TAB, were causing trouble, the sequence,
ADD, then DELETE without leaving the Parameter dialog box were not
working correctly. The parameter disapearing from the list, but not
from the Database. Now Fixed
- Allows
managing "Supplier Names" correctly, without bug
- Add
a message Box, to inform that when a parameter is used by Tastings,
Wines, or Cellar records it cannot be deleted.
- Change
'Source' TAB description to "Supplier Names"
Version 4.27 Corrections
- PDB Import correction in order to fix
issue with last record import. On specific condition, the PDB can
report wrong size causing last import to be a 'clone'
- Clarify
the View Wine, regarding the empty cellar filter
- Wine
Cellar Dialog correction to avoid reporting errors when the supplier
field is not populated.
- Date import
modified in the following manner.
4.26
with no date in the PDB, update it to the current
date.
4.27
with no date in the PDB, update it to the 'buy' date. if the 'buy'
date is unknown, it become the current date
Version 4.28 Corrections
- Rework the PDB Import correction in order to fix issue with last record import. Now should work, whatever the size of the database
Version 4.30 Full Synchronization in place
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Rework different Dialog to simplify Edition. Cellar management now
display value.
- Hotsynch process supported.
