Settings

There are just a couple of application-wide settings you can change. To adjust settings for the app:

Settings  CalCount

Edit foods when brought from food database

When you select a food from the Food Database, the system will make a copy of that food in the My Food list. Often the foods in the food database have very long names, or be in an odd group of foods. Often you will find yourself editing the foods in My Foods to make the name into something more meaningful (and under 100 words). Rather than having to do this manually each time, the system can open up the food edit dialog as soon as you select the food from the food database - that way you can change the name before it goes into My Foods, and save yourself a bit of bother.

Default URL for Web Search

This lets you set a URL to search from when you press "Search Web" on the Food Select dialog.

External Database (CSV file) instead of NUTTAB

This lets you load in a different database to the NUTTAB for the Food Database. See Using Another Food Database. Clearing this field will cause the system to use the NUTTAB again.

Show details after one off food/exercise

This opens the Details dialog after entering a one off exercise.

Time between 'day so far' reminders

This is the number of hours before the app will remind you to update your day so far data.

Home Page Home

This lets you configure aspects of the Home page.

Show target on home page

Tick any entries that you want to show in the targets list (even if that target is within the right range).

Show target on the home graph

Ticking the entries in this list lets you select which targets are shown on the history graph.   The last entry ticked will be shown with a "*" in the list, which means that will be be first entry on the graph (and will have the graph scale).   To switch to a specific target, click that target off then on.

Number of days for home graph

The number of days for the history graph.   You can use any number with the Diary+ add on, or up to 7 in the basic version.

Number of Suggestions to show

The number of suggested foods/exercises to show under missing targets. With the Diary+ add on, you can set any number, but only 1 in the basic version.

Show Food/Exercise Goals in List

Tick this if you want the Missing Records list to show the targets you have yet to achieve.

Date/Number Clock

This lets you control how dates and numbers are displayed.

First Day of the Week

Lets you select which day the week starts on.

Date Format

Lets you choose how dates are displayed (which order for day/month/year, as well as separator).

Local Day and Month names

Lets you display week day and month day names in the local system language.

NOTE: This feature is slightly experimental, and hasn't been tested for all languages.   If you find the app cannot understand dates you type in, then switch this off.

24 Hour Clock

Display all times in 24-hour time.

Currency

The currency symbol that appears before currency values.

Number Grouping

When numbers are greater than 1000, then split the digits into groups of 3.   For example, if this is ',', then "1010" will be shown as "1,010".   If this is '.', then "1010" will be shown as "1.010".

Decimal Point

What symbol is used as a decimal point.

Use Default

This button sets the values on this form to match what is set for your computer.

File  DB

File Name

This just shows the full path to the database file that the system has opened.

Save File Automatically

This lets you choose whether you want to have the system save your changes automatically, or whether you want to choose when to save.

Snapshots to Retain

If you happen to be very nervous about losing any data because you software or your computer crashes (badly) a lot, then you can get JXCirrus Calcount to keep the last few sessions worth of data as backups. These backup files will be stored in the app temporary files location, but will have the extension ".bk0", ".bk1", ".bk2" etc. "bk0" will be the most recent file.  Rest assured, JXCirrus is (so far) very good at not losing your data. If your computer has the power disconnected most of the way through several days of typing in everything you have eaten, the system should remember just about everything you entered - When it starts up next time, it will restore your partly saved session. Not saying that things could never go wrong, especially if you have a flaky computer, in which case, by all means, turn on the backups.

There are two buttons here:

Comment

You can put anything you like in here. You don't have to put anything in here.

Cloud Cloud

Save to iCloud

Lets you save the calorie diary file to iCloud - This control is only available on iOS and OSX.   Refer to cloud for more information.

Select File (iCloud)

Lets you select a different data file from you iCloud data store.   You can use this function if you have several data files that you use, and all of them are saved to iCloud.

Save to Cloud Share

Lets you save the calorie diary file to a cloud share - This is only available on Windows, Mac and Linux.   Refer to cloud for more information.

Select File (Cloud Share)

Lets you select a different data file from your cloud share.   You can use this function if you have several data files that you synchronise using your cloud share.

Automatic Save

Saves automatically to iCloud or Cloud Share (see above).