Ingredient Table Views

Description

In addition to the My Recipe view we used to create a new recipe in our last item, BeerSmith maintains a number of tables for storing the ingredients, equipment, beer styles, and other items.

Each of these tables can be viewed, sorted and freely edited. While all of the basic ingredients you might ever need are already part of the BeerSmith program, you may on occasion need to add your own ingredients or customize some of the existing ingredients to suit your own brewing needs.

Tables Available

A complete list of the table views is available in the View menu documentation.

Sorting Tables

You can sort a table using any field by simply clicking on the field heading at the top of the view. Clicking on a field a second time will reverse the sort order.

Adding and Removing Fields

You can add or remove fields from a table view using the Customize Columns command on the View menu. This command displays a list of current and available fields and let you add or remove columns.

Editing Items

As described in the Editing Items section you can edit an item by double clicking it. You can also cut, copy, paste, or delete a set of items by first selecting them and then picking the appropriate operation from the Edit Menu.

Printing a Table Report

The Print Report command on the File menu prints the entire table out rather than the currently selected item. Use this command to print a listing of all hops, for example.

Searching a Table

You can search a table using the Find command on the Edit menu. The find command performs a simple text search on either the visible fields or entire item.

Saving Table Items

The Export As command on the File menu saves the entire current view to a location you provide.

The Save Selected Items command on the Actions menu lets you save the set of currently selected items to a separate file either for backup or sharing with friends.

Mailing Table Items

The Mail Current View command on the File menu mails the entire table contents as an attachment to a mail message.

A second command to Mail Selected Items on the Actions menu mails only the items that are currently selected as an attachment.

Recipe Folders

For recipe views only, you can can create folders using the Folder (Insert) command to organize your recipes. You can also drag and drop recipes into folders to organize them.