TealMeal manages multiple databases of restaurants which can be selectively displayed by type or category. The database may be created or modified using full pilot-based editing functions. Additionally, databases may be edited on a PC using the included conversion programs when translate database files to and from an easily-editable text file format.
Use the Pilot installer to install the program file TEALMEAL.PRC.
You may also optionally install the sample database file SAMPLE.PDB.
If you do not, the program will not be useful until you create some
restaurant entries (see instructions below). Additional
restaurant files are available on our web site (www.tealpoint.com).
You may install one or more of these restaurant files. Each will appear
as a separate editable database on your PalmPilot (New for 3.0).
Instructions on how to use the PalmPilot installer are in the PalmPilot Handbook that came with your Pilot, PalmPilot, or WorkPad.
The options on the left are types of restaurants you want to see, such as Thai, Mexican, or French. A restaurant will only appear on the restaurant list if one of the types of foods it serves is checked on the left. Checking more restaurant types will include more restaurants.
The options on the bottom represent special conditions for the shown restaurants, such as outdoor seating or cheapness. Restaurants will only be included if they satisfy all selected conditions. Thus, selecting more options will show fewer restaurants.
Once a list of acceptable restaurants has been created, three functions are available. To show more information on the restaurant, press on the Details button, which is shaped like a magnifying glass, after either clicking an entry in the list window or using the scroll up/down buttons to select the desired entry. To show a full-screen view of the notes field associated with each entry, click on the Notes button, which is shaped like a memo pad. To select the last option, click on the Wheel of Food button, which randomly picks a restaurant from the current filtered list.
To create a new database, select New Database from the Database main menu. Once the database has been created, it can be accessed from the Goto Database menu item or by clicking on the name of the current database on the upper right corner of the display.
Either of these options will bring up the editing screen, which resembles the Information screen. Enter a restaurant name, description, and check off all checkboxes that apply. Note that you must select at least one food category, or the record can never be shown.
To edit the database file on a PC, run the included program MEAL2TXT to convert the PDB file into a text file, following the prompts for a source .DBS file to read and a target .TXT file to create.
After modifying the database, use the program TXT2MEAL to convert the text file back into a database (DBS) file which can be installed back onto the pilot using the pilot application installer.
# # # <5 comment lines> # # Custom Labels FoodTypeA FoodTypeB FoodTypeC FoodTypeD FoodTypeE FoodTypeF FoodTypeG FoodTypeH FoodTypeI FoodTypeJ FoodTypeK FoodTypeL OptA OptB OptC OptD OptE >>> Restaurant1 FoodType FoodType FoodType... Options Options Options... Description Description Description Description >>> Restaurant2 FoodType FoodType FoodType... Options Options Options... Description Description Description Description >>> ... and so onThe Custom Labels field is optional, and should not include fields which are subsets of any other field.
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