21 replies to this topic

[theking]

hi everyone,

i have just got a cfx and i have begun to type notes for my subjects. i'm not sure what is the quickest and easiest method to use. i want to also have a menu screen. i do have a computer link cable.

i'm sure someone can help me out

[Andy.Davies]

hmm, about the only way i know of taking notes on a clac, is to:

go into PRGM on the main menu
press F3' /> for a new program
call the prog somthing like maths
press Shift' /> then Alpha' /> and type in your notes

the only other way to make a program like this is to create a key logging program, which would take up far more memory and would be erased if u deleter the list where the keys codes would be stored.

so my first suggsetion is the better of the two.

PS : welcome to the UCF!

and im sure CrimsonCasio will have an idea on your problem

[casiokingdom]

Firstly, welcome to the UCF, the king.

Well, the way i type my notes is to keep a template.

Here is mine:

0->A?
0->B?
Lbl 0
Cls
If A=0
Then Text 1,5,"Template"
Text 14,5,"1: Chapter 1"
Text 21,5,"2: Chapter 2"
Text 28,5,"3: Chapter 3"
Text 35,5,"4: Chapter 4"
Text 42,5,"5: Chapter 5"
Text 49,5,"6: Chapter 6"
Text 56,5,"7: Chapter 7"
IfEnd
If A=1
Then Text 1,1,"Ch 1"
Text 8,1," "
Text 15,1," "
Text 22,1," "
Text 29,1," "
Text 36,1," "
Text 43,1," "
Text 50,1," "
Text 57,1," "
IfEnd?
If A=2?
Then Text 1,1,"Ch 2"
Text 8,1," "
Text 15,1," "
Text 22,1," "
Text 29,1," "
Text 36,1," "
Text 43,1," "
Text 50,1," "
Text 57,1," "
IfEnd
........and so on up to A=7
Do
Getkey
If A=0
Then Ans=72=>1->A
Ans=62=>2->A
Ans=52=>3->A
Ans=73=>4->A
Ans=63=>5->A
Ans=53=>6->A
Ans=74=>7->A
IfEnd
Ans=48=>0->A
LpWhile A=B
A->B
Goto 0

Feel free to use this template

BTW: I've trying to make this font smaller and to change the colour. How do you add these options to the text?

Edited by casiokingdom, 01 September 2003 - 11:25 AM.

[theking]

cheers, i shall try out your template.

[CrimsonCasio]

I think you will find that you dont want to type in all that every time you want to do some notes, if you want the short version try this: create a program, call it something like CH1, then type:

ClrText
"
My Notes Here
"

the " at top and bottom will cause everything within them to be displayed to the screen, letter by letter, just make sure you dont use a " somewere in your notes.

repeat precess for each chapter.

now you have two choices, you can execute the program and watch you notes scroll up the screen, or you can edit the program and scroll up and down at your own leasure (the preferd method of most people). plus the PRGM menu serves as the menu you wanted and its faster than anything you could program.

anyway, enjoy your casio experiance.

[Casto Productions]

You might want to try typing your notes at home with your computer and then transfering the .cat file to your calc that way. I know I type MUCH faster on a qwerty keyboard than I ever could on the casio calc. You could still use the programs suggested above with this and less strain of trying to find the right letters and such on the casio layout of the keys.

[CrimsonCasio]

he said he doesn't have a link cable.

[Andy.Davies]

thats pretty much what i said crimson (about using a program with just text etc.)

great minds really do think alike

and i hope this lot help solve your problem theking.

[CrimsonCasio]

exactly, I thought I'd elaborate since he probably doesn't know much about BASIC.

[Andy.Davies]

good idea, now why didn't i think of it?

[rjstephens]

there is a program on cpa somewhere
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cparules/

that allows you to type in notes on the calc, save them and encrypt them with a password.'

trouble is you would have to either type in the program or find a link cable somewhere.

--edit--
the program is called Enigma

[betoe]

"the only other way to make a program like this is to create a key logging program, which would take up far more memory and would be erased if u deleter the list where the keys codes would be stored"

I think that this is too slow to make (or maybe i'm not a good programmer), the better way is:
"press Shift' /> + Alpha' /> then and type in your notes manually".

[CrimsonCasio]

well, I once made a program that let you type out text, it wasn't a keyloger, what it did was display the letter you typed to the graph. when you finished it saved to graph as a pict and you could look at it later.

[theking]

Thanks Crimson and others, but i do have a link cable as i said in my first post. So i have decided to try casiokingdom's method. however i will try all you other's ways in the future.

This forum is sure helpful. Why is this forum moving? it's great for beginners like me.

[casiokingdom]

Crimson: your edit mode method for typing notes is quite basic for your kind of programming knowledge. that's what all the losers in my school do. (just kidding )

Well, those who are too lasy to include some programming. Menu screens make notes easy to read.

[CrimsonCasio]

Thanks Crimson and others, but i do have a link cable as i said in my first post. So i have decided to try casiokingdom's method. however i will try all you other's ways in the future.

This forum is sure helpful. Why is this forum moving? it's great for beginners like me.

you do have a like cable, crud I thougt said you didnt...

kingdom: actually I've never used that method myself, i just know its what most people prefer. personally I have only used the above mentioned pict program, but I haven't needed that since I got my pocket pc.

whenever I needed it on a test I could just transfer the file to PC, then copy to FA-123, then send to calc... then deleat after test and still have a copy on my ppc.

[casiokingdom]

well, the pict method isn't suitable for me, as i type a lot of notes

[Andy.Davies]

i hardly ever bothered doing notes (i do now), i figured that if somthing was worth remembering then i would remember it, if i couldnt remember it then it wasn't worth it!

at college i take notes, but only brief ones, i make detailed notes fdor the subjects i dislike, like Data comms (excedingly boring made worse by a boring old git of a teacher)

[CrimsonCasio]

thats another thing my ppc comes in handy for... just hit the record button and it picks up everything the teacher says, then you can listen attentivly or just play solitare while everyone else scribbles furiously.

[Andy.Davies]

im saving up for a laptop, but working at sainsbury's makes this a very slow proccess

[CrimsonCasio]

I'm doing the same thing actually, but I asked everyone I know (who will give me a birthday present) to just provide a little for the Laptop fund, if I come up short I'll take care of the rest of it with my own money.

[Andy.Davies]

lol, sounds very familiar!