Copyright: Copyright (c)1997 Unregistered


Showcalc Index

Using the Mouse

Using the Keyboard

Display Area

Edit Menu

Options Menu

About Showcalc

Copyright ©1997 Mark Chatters


Using the Mouse

To operate Showcalc using the mouse just click on the buttons as though you are using a normal calculator


Using the Keyboard

Showcalc is best operated using the Numeric keypad.

To use the Numeric keypad, you must have Num Lock on.

The other calculator buttons are mapped to the keyboard as follows:

Button	Key

=	Enter Key

C	C

CE	E

Min	I

M+	P

MR	R

MC	X


Display Area

Showcalc displays it’s workings in it’s scrollable display area. If Showcalc detects that you have started a new calculation it will draw a line under the old calculation.

You can clear the display area by selecting Clear Tape  from the Edit Menu.

To copy from the display area, use the Copy command  from the Edit Menu.

You can now change the display area font by selecting Tape Font  from the Options Menu.


Edit Menu

The Copy command copies selected text from the calculator display area to your clipboard. You must have selected the area you wish to copy first - you can either do this manually or use the Select All Option.

The Select All command Selects all text in the display area - ready for you to Copy.

If you have previously copied a number into your clipboard, the Paste option will be enable. The Paste command copies the number into your calculator window, just as though you had typed it yourself. You can use Copy and Paste together to copy numbers from the display area back into the calculator window. This makes the display area a supplement to Showcalc’s memory.

The Clear Tape command clears the display area - Note that the Clear Tape command does not affect your calculation - it is NOT the same as the Clear button on the calculator.


Options Menu

If Currency is selected, Showcalc will format all subsequent calculations using your computer’s Windows 95 currency formatting options. To see what these are, go to Regional Settings in your Control Panel.

Showcalc also offers 2 other formats, Full and General.

The table below illustrates how Full and General and Currency format calculations.

Full	General	Currency (Aus $)
0.142857142857143	0.142857	$0.14
14285.7142857143	14,285.714286	$14,285.71

Selecting Tape Font allows you to change the Display Area Font. The size of display area will automatically change to suit the selected font.

Hide Tape, as it’s name suggests, hides the tape or display area. Note that Showcalc will still write to the display area- even it’s hidden.

If Always on Top is selected, Showcalc will always appear on top of any other windows - even if it’s not active.

Finally, Showcalc now saves all your selected options when you close Showcalc.


About Showcalc

Showcalc is written using Delphi 2.

I hope you find it useful.

Mark Chatters