Nutrition Planning and Tracking Program
Technical Notes

This section contains some random technical information about Eatometer.

Eatometer was written in C++ using Microsoft's MFC class library framework.

All data is stored in simple text files. These files contain fields separated by the pipe ( | ) character.

Each time you start the program, the Eaten Food records are checked against your Days to Retain setting. Entries older than the setting specification are automatically and silently deleted. The file format for the master list (masterdb.txt) is as follows, with pipe-delimited fields:

  • Category
  • Description
  • Portion Amount
  • Calories
  • Protein (grams)
  • Fat (grams)
  • Carbohydrates (grams)
  • Sodium (milligrams)
  • Potassium (milligrams)
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