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Appendix B 405
Key Definitions
Softkeys displayed by pressing the [System] key
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more 1/3 Displays Table B-76, “HP Instrument BASIC (IBASIC) menu (2/3),” on page
405. (N/A)
Table B-76 HP Instrument BASIC (IBASIC) menu (2/3)
Key operation: [System] - IBASIC - more 1/3
Softkey Function GPIB command
CAT
Enters
CAT
in the HP Instrument BASIC command line
1
. From here, use the
external keyboard to enter required parameters and press the [Enter] key. The list
of the contents (files) of the specified mass storage/directory is displayed in the
HP Instrument BASIC screen
2
.
(N/A)
SAVE
Enters SAVE ““ in the HP Instrument BASIC command line
1
. The character
entry cursor is located below the second
“
. From here, use the external keyboard
to enter required parameters (filename, and so on) and press the [Enter] key. The
SAVE command is executed, and the program is stored using the entered
filename. The SAVE command stores programs in the ASCII format. If the same
filename exists on the disk, “–257 FILE NAME ERROR” occurs and the
program cannot be stored.
(N/A)
RE-SAVE
Enters RE-SAVE ““ in the HP Instrument BASIC command line
1
. The character
entry cursor is located below the second “ . From here, use the keyboard to enter
required parameters (filename and so on) and press the [Enter] key. The
RE-SAVE command is executed for the specified file, and the program is stored
using the entered filename. The RE-SAVE command stores programs in ASCII
format. Even if there is a file having the same filename on the disk, the
RE-SAVE command causes no error alert and overwrites the file with new data.
(N/A)
GET
Enters
GET ““
in the HP Instrument BASIC command line
1
. The character entry
cursor is located below the second
“
. From here, use the keyboard to enter
required parameters (filename and so on) and press the [Enter] key. The GET
command is executed for the specified file. The GET command loads the ASCII
file having the specified filename into the program workspace. If a file with the
specified filename does not exist on the disk, the “–256 File not found” error
occurs.
(N/A)
PURGE
Enters
PURGE ““
in the HP Instrument BASIC command line
1
. The character
entry cursor is located below the second
“
. From here, use the keyboard to enter
required parameters (filename and so on) and press the [Enter] key. The PURGE
command is executed for the specified file. The PURGE command deletes the
file having the specified filename from the disk. If a file with the specified
filename does not exist on the disk, the “–256 File not found” error occurs.
(N/A)
INITIALIZE
Enters
INITIALIZE
in the HP Instrument BASIC command line
1
. From here,
use the external keyboard to enter required parameters and press the [Enter] key.
The specified disk is initialized. After the disk is initialized, all of the files on the
specified disk are deleted.
(N/A)
MASS STORE [ ] ä Displays Table B-79, “IBASIC mass storage (Mass Storage) menu,” on page
407. In [ ] of the softkey label, the currently selected IBASIC mass storage is
displayed (flexible disk drive [FLOPPY], volatile memory disk [MEMORY], or
nonvolatile memory disk (flash memory) [FLASH]). (N/A)
Table B-75 HP Instrument BASIC (IBASIC) menu (1/3)
Key operation: [System] - IBASIC
Softkey Function GPIB command