Full screen calculator files are prefixed with a capital S followed by a space and then a number ie: S 12 the file title is contained within
the file and is visible from within the calculator but not currently from within
Windows, files can be easily imported to the calculator via the Windows
directory (folder) system simply by pasting or copying the file into a Windows
directory and the accessing it from the calculators MAIN MENUs open backed-up/transferred file or template or copy backed-up files to main
directory options
The calculator utilizes two
types of directory, main directories and back-up directories, files in main
directories are permanently indexed and file numbers are critical ,files in main
directories can be copied but should not be deleted or cut from within the
Windows directory (folder) system. Back-up directories are just any ordinary
Windows directory, files in back-up directories are not permanently indexed and
the file numbers are not critical as each time a back-up directory (ordinary
Windows folder) is accessed from within the calculator the files are re-indexed
and renumbered as necessary. Back-up directories can be directly on a root
directory ie: a:\ , main directories must have a directory name ie: c:\fscm1
back-up directories(folders can be created from within the calculator or from
Windows, main directories can only be created from within the calculator
To
avoid confusion we recommend it is best to create
back-up directories specifically for use by the
calculator that can be used for backing up files and also for file transfer
operations
A back-up directory is just an ordinary Windows directory, Windows directories are often called Folders, you can create a directory (folder) from within Windows or from within the Full screen calculator, to create a directory from within the Full screen calculator ,simply access any of the five back-up utilities from the main menu (coloured blue) and when the drive box appears highlight the drive you wish to create the directory on and type in the directory name and click or press ENTER , the calculator will then prompt if you wish to create the directory , click YES to create the directory, at this point the new directory will be opened ,simply click EXIT to return to the calculator, the back-up directory now exists.
For example to create a back-up directory(folder) named FSCB1 on
the main hard drive c:\
Click MENU and then back-up
file(s) , select c:\
in the drive box and type FSCB1 next to it and click or press ENTER and
then click YES to create the directory and then EXIT to return to the
calculator.
Files can also be downloaded and accessed directly from drives making it unnecessary to create directories for instance drive a:\ (floppy disc) can be used directly or even c:\ although using c:\ (main hard drive root directory) is probably best avoided as it may become difficult to trace files at a later date.
To download a file from the Internet, click on the link to the
file and when the dialogue box appears click SAVE and then select the back-up
directory(folder) you wish to place the file in and click OPEN, the file will
then be download into that directory
To transfer a file from a storage medium
(floppy disc etc.) or an e-mail use the normal COPY and PASTE utilities from
within Windows to transfer to the Full screen calculator back-up directory
(folder). Great care should be exercised when transferring files from
e-mails or the Internet, do not download or transfer any files unless you are
absolutely sure of there source and that they do not contain Viruses or other
malicious content.
Once the file has been transferred it can now be
opened (or copied to the current main directory) using one of the Full screen
calculator MAIN MENU back-up file utilities (coloured blue)
If the file number of the file you are transferring has the same number as an existing file in the back-up directory and you do not wish to overwrite and lose the existing file rename the the existing file to any other number between 1 and 1000: For example to rename the file S 20 to S 50 , highlight the file in Windows and right click and then select RENAME taking care to leave a space between the S and the number, unlike main directories files in back-up directories are not permanently indexed , the calculator automatically indexes and renumbers the files as necessary each time a back-up directory is accessed, so the numbering of files in back-up directories is not critical.
Please note: Files in Full screen calculator main directories are permanently indexed and file numbers are critical, under no circumstances should files be transferred to Full screen calculator main directories using this method.Files in Full screen calculator main directories should only be saved and opened from within the Full screen calculator.
Firstly you need to know the file number(s) of the file(s) you wish to transfer
Display the file list in the open or open backed-up/transferred file or template file MAIN MENU option , and highlight the file(s) to be transferred using the cursor buttons or keys, the file number(s) will be displayed bottom left ,in this case the number is 3
Next you need to access the file in Windows
The file you will be looking for will start with an S followed by the file number (in this case S 3)
Place the mouse pointer over this file and right click the mouse :Now you can select COPY to copy the file to the clipboard ready to be pasted into your storage medium (floppy disk,e-mail etc.) or SEND TO to send to your transfer medium.Or you can upload the file to the Internet by zipping the file first
Please note:The calculator has extensive facilities to back-up files it is not necessary to make back-up copies of files from within Windows, this is much more easily achieved from within the calculator itself.
Creating a back-up directory in Windows
From MY COMPUTER in WINDOWS open Local Disk (C:) click File/New/Folder
Now right click the folder to RENAME the folder(directory) to your choice of name (fsctemp say) (the folder name should be 8 characters or less in length)
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