uTo use your computer to edit a program created on the calculator

1.Use the calculator’s Program mode to create the program. (See “Chapter 8 Programming.”)

2.Connect the calculator and computer, and open the calculator drive on the computer.

3.Display the contents of the @MainMem\PROGRAM folder, and then use a text editor to open the text file with the same name as the program you want to edit.

If you are running Windows you could use Notepad, etc. With the Mac OS, you can use TextEdit, etc.

4.Perform the required edits.

For information about calculator commands and their corresponding special character strings, see “CASIO Scientific Function Calculator Special Commands Text Conversion Table” (page 8-59).

5.After you are finished editing, save and close the text file.

Save the edits under a different file name, as required. If you use Save As to save your edits, be sure to save the new file in @MainMem\PROGRAM\.

Be sure to save the file in ASCII or ANSI code txt format.

6.Terminate the connection between the calculator and a computer

See “To terminate the connection between the calculator and a computer” (page 13-4).

kInstalling Add-In Files

Add-in files can be installed on the calculator to give it additional functions. The following are types of add-in files that are available.

Add-in applications (.g3a): These files add new applications to the Main Menu.

Add-in languages (.g3l): These files add languages to those that can be selected with the “System Language Setting” procedure (page 12-3) for on-screen messages.

Add-in menus (.g3l): These files add languages to those that can be selected with the “System Language Setting” procedure (page 12-3) for function menus.

uTo install an add-in file

In step 2 of the procedure under “To transfer data between the calculator and a computer” (page 13-7), copy the add-in file (.g3a/.g3l) you want to install to the calculator drive root directory.

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