Mountain Software
Home
About
Contact
Newsletter

Home Cookin Revision History

Download the current version

Version 9

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 9.83 - Jul 29, 2021
  • Fixed grocery list sorting after printing.
  • HTML emphasis, strong, and bold markups removed when using web import.
  • Added Shop-N-Cook importing for SXB and SXC recipe files.
  • Added a special chapter for recipes without photos.
Version 9.82 - Sep 30, 2020
  • Minor speed improvement for cleanup function with deleted recipes.
  • Rewrote Living Cookbook import to support large file sizes (over 2GB).
  • Enlarged maximum internal photo size to 800x400 pixels.
  • Fixed rounding errors in the resize functions.
Version 9.81 - Jul 9, 2020
  • Fixed bug that caused chapter and recipe indexes to reset to top when changing screens.
  • Fixed bug that caused grocery list to reset to top when changing screens.
  • Fixed bug that over corrected grocery list when current item was out of range.
  • Fixed bug in JSON Web Import that mistook context for text in instructions.
  • Changed grocery list from line accuracy to pixel accuracy.
Version 9.80 - Jun 28, 2020
  • Fixed bug that prevented Mastercook MZ2 unzipping when manually selecting import format.
  • Fixed broken font reference for trial screen.
  • Fixed button alignment in alert box.
  • Improved JSON processing in Web Import to prevent duplicate lines in directions.
Version 9.79 - May 29, 2020
  • Improved font management for better program performance.
  • Eliminated tiny fonts for improved readability.
  • Improved text wrapping on blogs screen for faster displays.
  • Enlarged progress gauge to accommodate more status information.
  • Updated file scanning routines for better performance.
  • Added XML cleaning for degree Fahrenheit symbol.
  • Improved window processing to minimize flicker when minimizing or maximizing.
  • Fixed bug on Find screen that prevented centering or moving window.
  • Added file importing for Plan to Eat recipes in CSV format.
Version 9.78 - Apr 28, 2020
  • Added feature to select a word in recipe editor by clicking twice.
  • Fixed web import to ignore links for each step in directions.
  • Improved sorting of master index for faster saves on slow drives or networks.
  • Improved grocery database management for faster operation on slow drives or networks.
  • Improved meal planner database management for faster operation.
  • Fixed bug in grocery checklist printing that prevented grid lines from showing.
  • Improved processing speed of progress gauge.
  • Fixed file overwrite verification when exporting Mastercook MZ2.
  • Improved newsletter notification to remove separate version notice.
Version 9.77 - Apr 8, 2020
  • Deleted recipes saved to status log when rebuilding database.
  • Improved detection of default web browser.
  • Fixed bugs preventing batch import from clipboard.
  • Fixed Web Import to open GZIP compressed web pages.
  • Fixed Web Import to open restricted access web pages.
  • Fixed Web Import image import for JSON ImageObjects.
  • Fixed Web Import to ignore invalid images.
  • Degree symbol substituted in recipes using incorrect masculine ordinal symbol.
  • Added A5 page size to PDF export.
  • PDF export now creates dedicated pages for chapter titles.
  • PDF export now adds blank pages as needed to ensure title page is on odd pages (right hand side).
  • PDF export now includes a Contents page when exporting two or more chapters.
  • Locate Duplicates now searches the current chapter (All Recipes, or a single chapter).
  • Added function to Find recipes with identical titles in the current chapter.
Version 9.76 - Jun 20, 2019
  • Fixed fall back to manual if web import fails.
  • Fixed web import for sites that include two sets of JSON data.
  • Fixed web import with encoded carriage returns in JSON data.
  • Fixed incorrect title selection from JSON data.
  • Fixed serving extraction from JSON data.
  • Improved alternate download if primary web import fails.
  • Added additional HTML filtering from imported recipes.
  • Find screen now remembers your last choice for whole word matches.
  • Changed ZIP extraction on web server to fix cloud uploads.
  • Add support for ingredient headings in Mastercook XML imports.
  • Replaced old Mastercook MC2 export with new Mastercook MZ2 export including photos.
  • Clipboard export changed to use old text only Mastercook MC2 format.
Version 9.75 - Jun 5, 2019
  • Fixed bug in new version notification. Improved update notification.
  • Fixed cosmetic issues with drop downs and variable font sizes.
  • Fixed meal editor layout.
  • Fixed cloud backup and restore functions.
  • Cloud Backup/Restore changed to Cloud Upload/Download.
  • Cloud storage policy clarified.
  • Rewrote JSON parsing for web import.
  • Added alternate download method if primary web import fails.
  • Blog update no longer keeps old articles.
  • Removed article delete button from Blog screen.
  • Check for firewall blocking in Blog site manager.
  • Changed blog download method to improve performance.
  • Fixed a display bug in the progress gauge.
Version 9.74 - Feb 25, 2019
  • Improved window dragging and resizing.
  • Improved loading and saving of user settings.
  • Added verification for user settings.
  • Email button on About screen now opens contact web page.
  • New HTML to text converter for manual import.
  • Redesigned web import processing.
  • Added whole word search option to Find screen.
Version 9.73 - Jul 26, 2018
  • Fixed text alignment bug in gauge popup.
  • Consolidated pixel based list controls.
  • Consolidated mouse wheel controls (+control for slow scroll, +shift for fast scroll)
  • Added type and element cleaning for directions in web import.
  • New blog screen for following and importing from recipe blogs.
  • Fixed button font in meal screens event editor.
  • New import function for Living Cookbook files (FDX and LC2 format).
  • Added import support for older Cookbook Wizard file format (cookbook wizard two).
  • Added failed connection alert to cloud backup.
Version 9.72 - Apr 16, 2018
  • Web Import - Improved recipe title selection.
  • Web Import - Improved ingredient line spacing.
  • Web Import - Fixed bug in XML replacement.
  • Web Import - Eliminated Domain Counter.
  • Font smoothing now enabled by default.
Version 9.71 - Dec 4, 2017
  • Updated cloud viewer to force browser to reload recipes.
  • Web Import - Fixed bug that skipped final field in JSON data.
  • Web Import - Improved JSON image processing.
  • Web Import - Added step processing (bon appetit).
  • Web Import - Improve selection of recipe title.
  • Web Import - Increase buffer size for HTML verification.
  • Generic Export fixed to include carriage returns.
  • Find feature now supports # or * tagging in search terms.
Version 9.70 - Feb 7, 2017
  • Improved photo handling in web import.
  • Improved ingredient processing in web import.
  • Improved processing of unicode encoded characters in web import.
  • Improved photo scaling when printing to avoid small images from being overly distorted.
  • Bug fixes in the PDF recipe export.
  • Added XML cleaning to PDF export to fix unsupported characters.
  • Left and Right quotes replaced with single quote in PDF exports.
  • Slight tweaks to slider controls to prevent accidental list jumping.
  • Added skipping for embedded ingredient glossaries to web import (bbcgoodfood).
  • Fixed redirection problem with cloud restore.
Version 9.69 - Nov 14, 2016
  • Fixed recipe editor to show servings changes.
  • Index is now sorted correctly if web import fails and manual import is used.
  • HTML-to-Text conversion now adds a line feed after table rows.
  • Fixed window positioning if window is accidentally placed off screen.
  • Numerous changes to recipe editor to fix memory leaks that caused crashing and odd displays.
  • Fixed flagging bug that caused crash when deleting recipe on recipe screen.
  • Fixed object list display bugs in select_list and file_selector.
  • Fixed bug in ingredient extraction that could result in hidden text.
  • New broad based web import feature.
  • Added option to smooth fonts.
  • Free upgrades reduced to one year starting Jan 2017.
  • Discontinuing the old export to cloud feature starting Jan 2017.
Version 9.68 - Aug 10, 2016
  • Increased default window size to 1600x1000.
  • Updated user interface with standard window and new toolbar.
  • Fixed memory leak in recipe viewer.
  • Fixed first and last meal jumping on meals screen.
  • Fixed bug that saved empty meal events.
  • Manual import is now limited to the first 256,000 bytes of the selected file.
  • Modified the grocery text export formatting.
  • Combined the grocery send-to and export functions.
  • New faster import functions for Living Cookbook FDX recipe files.
  • Combined meal screens first meal, last meal, and select date functions into a single Change Date button.

Version 8

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 8.67 - Mar 21, 2016
Version 8.66 - Nov 23, 2015
Version 8.65 - Oct 29, 2015
Version 8.64 - May 11, 2015
Version 8.63 - Apr 24, 2015
Version 8.62 - Feb 17, 2015
Version 8.61 - Feb 4, 2015
Version 8.60 - Jan 28, 2015
Version 8.59 - Aug 5, 2014
Version 8.58 - Apr 21, 2014
Version 8.57 - Mar 21, 2014
Version 8.56 - Feb 19, 2014
Version 8.55 - Jan 10, 2014
Version 8.54 - Dec 12, 2013

Version 7

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 7.53 - Oct 18, 2013
Version 7.52 - Jul 5, 2013
Version 7.51 - Apr 19, 2013
Version 7.50 - Apr 9, 2013
Version 7.49 - Mar 27, 2013
Version 7.48 - Feb 8, 2013
Version 7.47 - Jan 30, 2013

Version 6

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 6.46 - Jun 22, 2010
Version 6.45 - Apr 2, 2010

Version 5

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 5.9 - Jul 15, 2009
Version 5.8 - Nov 12, 2008
Version 5.7 - Nov 01, 2008
Version 5.6 - Apr 03, 2008
Version 5.5 - Apr 17, 2007
Version 5.4 - Oct 20, 2006
Version 5.3 - Jan 26, 2006
Version 5.2 - Nov 04, 2005
Version 5.1 - Oct 19, 2005
Version 5.0 - Aug 23, 2005 (First 32-bit version of Home Cookin.)

Version 4

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 4.9 - Nov 27, 2002
Version 4.8 - May 03, 2002
Version 4.7 - Sep 09, 2001
Version 4.6 - May 09, 2001
Version 4.5 - Mar 26, 2001
Version 4.4 - Mar 16, 2001
Version 4.3 - Jan 05, 2001
Version 4.2 - Oct 12, 2000
Version 4.1 - Aug 21, 2000
Version 4.0 - Aug 14, 2000

Version 3

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 3.9 - Sep 21, 1999
Version 3.8 - Sep 03, 1999
Version 3.7 - Aug 09, 1999
Version 3.6 - Jun 25, 1999
Version 3.5 - Jun 08, 1999
Version 3.4 - Mar 19, 1999
Version 3.3 - Jan 10, 1999
Version 3.2 - Nov 12, 1998
Version 3.1 - Oct 19, 1998
Version 3.0 - Oct 09, 1998

Version 2

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 2.8 - Jan 14, 1998
Version 2.7 - Jan 09, 1998
Version 2.6 - Dec 05, 1997
Version 2.5 - Nov 12, 1997
Version 2.4 - Nov 03, 1997
Version 2.3 - Nov 01, 1997
Version 2.2 - Aug 31, 1997
Version 2.1 - Jul 20, 1997
Version 2.0 - Jun 23, 1997

Version 1

Home Cookin Recipe Software
Version 1.4 - Feb 06, 1997
Version 1.3 - Jul 29, 1996
Version 1.2 - Jun 10, 1996
Version 1.1 - May 19, 1996
Version 1.0 - Apr 02, 1996

Earlier Products

The Amiga Recipe Box - Released 1993 for the Commodore Amiga
The Mac Recipe Box - Released 1993 for the Apple Macintosh
The Recipe Box - Released 1991 for the Atari ST
The Atari Cookbook - Released 1991 for the Atari 600XL