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[Bj2c]

i want to know if i can save pics in the flash M , or compress , pics, txt , in the flash M like in FX 2.0 ,

[Daruosh]

yeah, programs can be compressed, also pic and eActivities, but you can't compresse normal texts.
If you compress programms, you cant edit them

[Bj2c]

can u tell me how can i do it,
how to move programs to flash memory

[Daruosh]

Use CP Manager:
01- Run CP Manager
02- Connect your CP to your computer
03- Right Click on CP Manager and click on Exchange Window.
04- Press on the button named "Connect"
05- Good Luck

[Bj2c]

yeah ,
but how i move from the ram to the flash memory
the calc ram (memory usage) , and how a compress pictures
xxxxx.pict

[SoftCalc]

FLASH is reserved for eActivities, add-in applications, and a backup image of RAM for when the ClassPad is turned off. You can't move variables into FLASH.

There is a "trick" you can use to package any variable into an eActivity though. You can then move it into FLASH.

Open up an eActivity and then open up the Variable Manager. Notice the folder named eAct.

Exit the eActivity application and open up the Main application. Now open up the Variable Manager again. The eAct folder is gone , but where did it go?

Each eActivity saves its own copy of the eAct folder. You can move anything, including pictures, and they will get saved with the eActivity. When you save the eActivity it saves everything into FLASH.

The downside is you can't have two open at the same time. If you load a new eActivity the contents of the old one is gone. Also it is easy to forget if you add or change something in this folder. If you add something and forget to save it, it will be blown away when you open up a new eActivity .

As far as compressing pictures, I could improve my BitEdit program so it will saves RLE (Run Length Encoded) compressed bitmaps.

[CrimsonCasio]

hey brian, is there any way you could make a program that could archive things? or zip them?

[SoftCalc]

Cool idea. CPZIP

[CrimsonCasio]

so you'll do it?

[Bj2c]

it , will be great if i can use my CP , like a flash pen ,
so i can load circuitmaker files from my U

[SoftCalc]

it , will be great if i can use my CP , like a flash pen ,
so i can load circuitmaker files from my U

Funny, I was thinking of the other way around. It would be great if I could use my keychain FLASH drive to add 128M to my ClassPad.

[SoftCalc]

so you'll do it?

Hmm, CPZIP....

I think this would be a great idea, but I don't have a lot of time to do something like this now. I'll put it towards the top of my list though

What would be really nice is if ANYTHING in the ClassPad could be compressed, and it just uncompressed it whenever you used it.

[CrimsonCasio]

that sounds like something for an OS update, I could see the option "compress" added to the variable manager... then when a compressed variable is accessed it would automatically decompress (then re-compress) resulting in slower accessing of that variable, but it would take up less space.
that kind of option would be great for MEM files and save files (which dont have to be accessed often)