What are people doing when the custom menu is full? (HP-42s/DM42)

[dm319]

The CUSTOM menu has 3 x 6 or 18 slots. I use it for shortcuts to the date/time functions and various small helpful programs I have. It is has been full for a while now.

I was thinking of trying to create some menus with a menu, by making a program that will display a menu of some of these functions. I'm running into trouble with this approach as I can't seem to do

Code:

KEY 1 XEQ DATE

which returns "Label Not Found". I guess this is because it is a built-in function rather than a program label.

Suggestions appreciated.

[Peet]

I use different custum-menus for different tasks e.g.:

Code:


01 LBL "ASN-DT"
02 CLKEYS
03 ASSIGN "DATE" TO 01
04 ASSIGN "TIME" TO 02
05 ASSIGN "ADATE" TO 03
06 ASSIGN "ATIME" TO 04
07 ASSIGN "DATE+" TO 05
08 ASSIGN "DDAYS" TO 06
09 ASSIGN "DOW" TO 07
10 ASSIGN "AT24" TO 08
11 ASSIGN "CL12" TO 09
12 ASSIGN "CL24" TO 10
13 ASSIGN "DMY" TO 11
14 ASSIGN "YMD" TO 12
15 END

or

Code:


01 LBL "ASN-STD"
02 CLKEYS
03 ASSIGN "BEEP" TO 01
04 ASSIGN "TONE" TO 02
05 ASSIGN "DATE" TO 03
06 ASSIGN "TIME" TO 04
07 ASSIGN "LBL" TO 05
08 ASSIGN "RTN" TO 06
09 ASSIGN "PROMPT" TO 07
10 ASSIGN "VIEW" TO 08
11 ASSIGN "AVIEW" TO 09
12 ASSIGN "PSE" TO 10
13 ASSIGN "ISG" TO 11
14 ASSIGN "DSE" TO 12
15 ASSIGN "MEAN" TO 13
16 ASSIGN "%CH" TO 14
17 ASSIGN "N!" TO 15
18 ASSIGN "SF" TO 16
19 ASSIGN "CF" TO 17
20 ASSIGN "FS?" TO 18
21 END

[dm319]

Ah that's an interesting approach, didn't think of that.

So these programs - do they just sit in a long list of programs that you scroll through after pressing XEQ to change it? Or do you put it in the custom menu itself?

[Peet]

(10-20-2024 12:57 PM)dm319 Wrote:  So these programs - do they just sit in a long list of programs that you scroll through after pressing XEQ to change it?

Mostly in this way because the names have the same start and are one after the other in the xeq menu. I also use custom-menus for my own programs e.g. a menu for games etc.