VinoBase

Manual

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Preamble

VinoBase is a software for hobby winegrowers who wish to manage/document their different preparations, recipes, yeast, etc.
Currently built-in features:
License
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

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The Main Window


On the left side you can select your preparations, recipes and yeasts.
The preparation panel shows some general information about the preparations on the first tab. The further tabs show the selected recipe and yeast for this preparation, as well as optionally the current progress, an evaluation and the label. The "Finalize preparation" button finalizes your preparation, that means you are finished with it, and you can't modify any more data for this preparation (but of course its possible to reopen it again)
By clicking on the delete button you can delete your preparations, recipes and yeasts. Caution: You can only delete a recipe or yeast if it is not referenced in any preparation!

Progress Tab

Here you can add/remove different actions.

Evaluation Tab

If you're finished with your preparation you should add an evaluation to it.

Label Tab

For better recognizing your different preparations you can also add the label.
If you want to change the label afterwards, you can do this by the popup menu available on the right mouse button!


New...

Preparation



You can add a new preparation by giving it a meaningful name, selecting an appropriate type as well as a fermentation type, a recipe and a yeast. You can also add some specific comment for this preparation. Hint: Before you can add a new preparation, you have to add a recipe and a yeast before!

Recipe

You can add a new recipe by giving it a name and specifing the amount this recipe is for.

Yeast




Export

...as PDF
If you have selected a certain preparation, you can export it to a pdf file in [ File -> Export -> PDF file]

...as Text
You can also export your preparations to a simple text file [File -> Export -> Text file]

Edit Options

This dialog gives you the possibility of adding and removing wine and fermentation types, as well as actions (which you can use to create a progress for your preparation)



Extras

Sugar/Acid Calculator

This calculator should help you assembling a good preparation. Type in your measurements and your expected target state of your wine, and the results are calculated on the fly. With the results you can easily estimate, if your preparation needs more acid, sugar, etc.