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Problems with older recipes getting corrupted with parts of new recipes

Last post 05-22-2008 12:36 PM by ccfouts@mindspring.com. 2 replies.
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  • 05-22-2008 10:11 AM

    Problems with older recipes getting corrupted with parts of new recipes

    I purchase BigOvenDeluxe a week ago and have started noticing issues with older recipes I entered getting replaced with sections of newly entered recipes.  Here are the details:

    • I created new recipe boxes to house all of my recipes.  The new boxes are named in the form "C.Subject" (e.g., "C.Desserts", "C.Salads", etc.).
    • I start up BigOven.
    • I click on the recipe box in which I want the new recipe to appear.
    • I type in the new recipe.
    • I hit the view button on the new recipe to verify that it is entered correctly.
    • I then go to a different recipe box and start looking through the older recipes.
    • Several time, I have found that one of the old recipes now has parts of the newly entered recipe.
    • The affected recipe box seems to be completely random (it's not the same recipe box that gets corrupted).
    • It seems to be unrelated to what recipe box I'm adding the new recipe to.
    • I've noticed the corruption in both the instructions and the source information.
    • When corrupted, the old information is completely replaced by the new information.
    • I do run BigOven on a laptop.  There haven't been any abnormal shutdowns, but the laptop will sometimes go into hibernation mode while BigOven is still open.

    Does anyone know what could be causing this problem?  And, more importantly, does anyone know of a way to fix it and avoid it from happening again?  As it is, there is no point in me continuing to use the program if it is going to mix up my recipes.

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  • 05-22-2008 10:40 AM In reply to

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    Re: Problems with older recipes getting corrupted with parts of new recipes

    I've never noticed this before -- can you see if this happens if you enter the recipe, then move to another recipe within the same recipe box before you switch to a new recipe box?  It might be that with all the switching between recipe boxes between entering recipes, it might be saving parts of the recipe to the new box.  If this continues to happen, as a workaround we'd recommend you create all new recipes in a given box, then right click on that recipe once it's committed, and choose "Move to..." to move it to the recipe box you'd like.

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  • 05-22-2008 12:36 PM In reply to

    Re: Problems with older recipes getting corrupted with parts of new recipes

    I will try that. Thanks for the quick response.

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