Creating a custom menu, Turning the custom menu on and off, Defining a custom menu – Texas Instruments PLUS TI-89 User Manual

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Chapter 17: Programming 303

17PROGRM.DOC TI-89/TI-92 Plus: Programming (English) Susan Gullord Revised: 02/23/01 1:14 PM Printed: 02/23/01 2:18 PM Page 303 of 40

When you create a custom menu, you can let the user turn it on and
off manually, or you can let a program turn it on and off
automatically.

To:

Do this:

Turn on the
custom menu

From the Home screen or any other application:

¦

Press 2 ¾.

From the Home screen or a program:

¦

Execute the

CustmOn

command.

Turn off the
custom menu

From any application:

¦

Press 2 ¾ again.
— or —

¦

Go to a different application.

Using the default custom menu on the Home
screen:

1. Select the

Tools

menu:

TI

.

89:

2 ‰

TI

.

92 Plus:

Then select

3:CustmOff

.

This pastes

CustmOff

in

the entry line.

2. Press ¸.

CustmOff

You can also use

CustmOff

in a program.

To create a custom menu, use the following general structure.

:Custom
: Title

title of F1 menu

: Item

item 1

: Item

item 2

:

ш

ш

ш

: Title

title of F2 menu

:

ш

ш

ш

: Title

title of F3 menu

:

ш

ш

ш

:EndCustm

Creating a Custom Menu

The

TI

-

89 / TI

-

92 Plus

custom menu feature lets you create your

own toolbar menu. A custom menu can contain any available
function, instruction, or set of characters. The

TI

-

89 / TI

-

92 Plus

has a default custom menu that you can modify or redefine.

Turning the Custom
Menu On and Off

Note: When the custom
menu is turned on, it
replaces the normal toolbar
menu. Unless a different
custom menu has been
created, the default custom
menu is displayed.

Defining a Custom
Menu

Note: When the user
selects a menu item, the
text defined by that Item
command is pasted to the
current cursor location.

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