HP Prime:  User Key:  Building a list of Templates

Introduction

You can assign a custom menu to a user key.  The program TEMPLATES assigns a list of functions to the templates key (the key to the right of the Toolbox key, key 18 I believe). 

When this program is completed, you call the custom menu by pressing [Shift], [Help] (User), [template key]. 

Choose a function or command.  Whatever you choose will be inserted into the entry line.  This user key works in program editing as well.

HP Prime Program:  TEMPLATES

Note:  I do not have a main “TEMPLATES” program block.  In terms of making a custom menu like this, it is not necessary.

// a custom menu

// 2017 EWS

KEY K_Templ()

BEGIN

LOCAL str,lst,cst,ch;

// templates

lst:={"Function.ROOT()",

"Function.AREA()",

"Function.SLOPE()",

"Finance.TvmNbPmt()",

"Finance.TvmIPYR()",

"Finance.TvmPV()",

"Finance.TvmPMT()",

"Finance.TvmFV()"};

// choose list

cst:={"ROOT",

"AREA",

"SLOPE",

"N",

"I%YR",

"PV",

"PMT",

"FV"};

CHOOSE(ch,"Template",cst);

RETURN lst(ch);

END;

This is one of my favorite programs because now I will be able to quickly access functions that would take additional keystrokes and with the App specific functions, dealing with dynamic menus.  I encourage this type of custom menu for other functions and commands you frequently use from the catalog.  Try it.  Please let me know how it goes.

Eddie

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