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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #30 on: April 06, 2011, 06:13:28 pm »
Can this program remember the time stored in the calculator clock so it doesn't reset itself every time the RAM is cleared?
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #31 on: April 06, 2011, 06:21:41 pm »
^^that would actually be mad useful.

Also, can I ask for clarification on the molar mass/hex/bin>dec converter? I tried holding down - and + both on the homescreen and in the zStart menu, but I couldn't tell if anything happened...

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #32 on: April 06, 2011, 06:29:15 pm »
Can this program remember the time stored in the calculator clock so it doesn't reset itself every time the RAM is cleared?

No, I don't think that's possible. In order to make that happen, zStart would have to gain control at least once per second so that it could write the clock to memory. This would mean that it wouldn't be running during Asm programs which are when ram clears would usually occur.

Also, each time the calculator crashes, the clock will slow down by the amount of time it is crashed. So after about 10 crashes, the clock might be off a minute.

And before you say it, OS mods won't work either. When the calculator officially crashes, all registers including the clock get reset and the clock gets set back to 1997. Same thing with a battery pull. I did patch it once, and all that happened was when it crashed the clock just got stuck on 1997.


^^that would actually be mad useful.

Also, can I ask for clarification on the molar mass/hex/bin>dec converter? I tried holding down - and + both on the homescreen and in the zStart menu, but I couldn't tell if anything happened...

Sorry, hold down + or - while turning the calculator ON. Also, make sure that you have run zStart since the last time you ran DCS.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #33 on: April 06, 2011, 09:44:40 pm »
Is it possible to compile from a flash drive?  b/c I tried like 15 times from my flash drive, and it didn't work ("entry point not found")...I copy it to system32 and it works instantly :P

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #34 on: April 06, 2011, 10:53:00 pm »
Those are epic.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #35 on: April 06, 2011, 10:55:28 pm »
I have no idea if it works from a flash drive. I don't see why it wouldn't, but I didn't write the file handling.

One thing it might be though is that you have to use double //. I'm not sure how to stop my program from thinking that / is an escape char, so file names look like this: c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe.

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   That second picture looks awesome on the computer. But imagine what that would look like on a calculator lol. People would say, "Why do you have a picture of your calculator on your calculator?" ;)
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #36 on: April 06, 2011, 11:00:23 pm »
But that's the point.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #37 on: April 07, 2011, 12:27:25 am »
It actually does look kind of weird to have a calc on a calc...oh well

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The first one was a wallpaper somewhere, the other a section of a pic that's with a console game's save file.

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #38 on: April 07, 2011, 04:03:32 pm »
It's kind of hard to find photos that can convert to such a small resolution well. . . .
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #39 on: April 07, 2011, 04:05:56 pm »
   That second picture looks awesome on the computer. But imagine what that would look like on a calculator lol. People would say, "Why do you have a picture of your calculator on your calculator?" ;)
And you would say back "Well, this dude heard I like numbers, so he put a calculator on my calculator so I can math while I math."
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #40 on: April 07, 2011, 06:33:51 pm »
  That second picture looks awesome on the computer. But imagine what that would look like on a calculator lol. People would say, "Why do you have a picture of your calculator on your calculator?" ;)
And you would say back "Well, this dude heard I like numbers, so he put a calculator on my calculator so I can math while I math."
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #41 on: April 07, 2011, 08:14:04 pm »
I personally really like this App.  It's a very useful background App that only interferes with DoorsCS.  If that could be possibly fixed, I could see this on every single user in the calc community's calc. :)  Well, that and adding 1.19 support. :D

Oh, one request: Can you make a certain key combination (maybe [On] + [Sin]) switch the calc from Degree/Radian mode to the other without having to enter the Mode menu? ;D

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #42 on: April 07, 2011, 08:20:24 pm »
I personally really like this App.  It's a very useful background App that only interferes with DoorsCS.  If that could be possibly fixed, I could see this on every single user in the calc community's calc. :)  Well, that and adding 1.19 support. :D
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Can you make a certain key combination (maybe [On] + [Sin]) switch the calc from Degree/Radian mode to the other without having to enter the Mode menu? ;D
Hmm...maybe there could be a quick menu or something...

A few random questions:
Can this be made to support calcutil?
How about krolypto?
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #43 on: April 07, 2011, 10:42:50 pm »
I personally really like this App.  It's a very useful background App that only interferes with DoorsCS.  If that could be possibly fixed, I could see this on every single user in the calc community's calc. :)  Well, that and adding 1.19 support. :D

Oh, one request: Can you make a certain key combination (maybe [On] + [Sin]) switch the calc from Degree/Radian mode to the other without having to enter the Mode menu? ;D

DCS incompatibility cannot be fixed without disabling stuff. The problem is that there is only one OFFSCRPT, so you have a choice of either DCS or zStart. One option would be to save DCS's OFFSCRPT and run it after mine runs, but as soon as you run DCS, it's going to kill mine. One easy option would be to have a DCS option that individually disables things.

The Degree/Radian switch is a pretty good idea, I'll have to permanently chain a hook to Omnicalc, but I guess that's ok. The only thing I wonder though is can I find a hook that neither DCS nor Mirage uses that gets run when a key is pressed. If I can't again, I'll have compatibility issues.

A few random questions:
Can this be made to support calcutil?
How about krolypto?

I don't know the specifics behind krolypto and calcutil, but I would almost guarantee that they use OFFSCRPT. So they'll have to fall into that "disable for compatibility section."


I did some testing. Mirage uses the GetCSC hook, DCS uses the RawKey hook. But, thank you kerm, DCS chains whatever hook was there first. Which means that I can install a RawKey hook and chain it to Omnicalc. Three way chains are the best!

Edit:
    Good news also, the cursor hook is free. This means I'll actually have a way to erase degrees from the homescreen. (The RawKey hook only gets called on button presses)
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #44 on: April 07, 2011, 10:46:59 pm »
iirc calcutil can chain hooks...

EDIT: yeah, it just adds on to other ones
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