1.1 Starting the TI-92-Database
1.2 Creating a new database
1.3 Adding, deleting and renaming fields
1.4 Adding records
1.5 Changing the title
1.6 Importing Data92-adresses
2.1 Opening a database
2.2 Viewing records
2.3 Finding a record
2.4 Correcting typing errors
2.5 Deleting records
2.6 Closing the TI-92-Database
Type the following command into your calculator's home and press ENTER:
Database\Database()
Choose File|New... in the menu and input the variablename and folder of the new database in the dialog. After that, you must specify the title of the database and then you must add the fields, which the database should have. Type nothing and press ENTER after you have added all fields. You must create at least one field, otherwise one field will be created automatically.
When you have finished the steps above, the Show- and Edit-menu is available - you can add records now.
The TI-92-Database always shows you on which database you are currently working on, including title, folder and variablename of the database.
If you exit the TI-92-Database properly, it will open the database you were working on the next time again.
If you want to add fields to an existing database, choose Edit|New Fields and input the fields. Type nothing and press ENTER after you have added all fields.
Choose Edit|Delete Field... to delete a field. Select the field, which you want to delete, in the list and press ENTER. The field, including all data, will be deleted.
You can use the command Edit|Rename Field... to rename a field of the database. Choose the field you want to rename in the list and enter the new name in the dialog.
Remark: You need the double or triple of the database's-size free memory to edit the database. If there is not enough memory, the TI-92-Database will terminate with the message "Memory".
To add new records, choose Edit|New Records. After that, you must input a value for
each field of the database. Then, the TI-92-Database stores the new record, which can take
a few seconds, depending on the database's size. Never abort the programm while it is
editing the database, because it would destroy your database.
After the record is stored, you will be asked if you want to add another record.
If there are already one or more records and you input "last" as the value for a new record's field, the value from the last record will be taken instead of the text "last". Input "exit" to cancel entering new records at any time.
Use the command Edit|Change title... to edit the title of the database.
Data92 is an adresses-database form another auhor, which you can download at www.ticalc.org. Use the command Extras|Import Data92... to convert your existing Data92-adresses to a TI-92-Database.
Importing Data92-adresses works similar to create a new database, but afterwards, the data will be copied from the Data92-folder to your new database. Data92 must be installed in the folder Data92.
Remark: It is not necessary to install the import-function on your TI-92 (see Installation). In this case, using the command Extras|Import Data92... causes an error-message.
Choose File|Open... and input folder and variablename.
Use the command Show|Show Records to open the record-viewer. Press cursor left/right to jump to the previous/next record or cursor up/down to view the 1. - 7. field, 8. - 14. field and so on (if the database has more than seven fields).
Press F1 in the record-viewer to show a short help.
If you want to jump directly to a record, press ENTER and input the number of the record in the dialog.
There are two ways to search for a record:
In both cases, the Find-dialog appears. You can enter the text to search for and choose the field in which to search. It is more efficient not to search in all fields, because it takes much longer to find the text looking in all fields.
Wenn you press ENTER, the TI-92-Database starts to search for the next record,
which matches your criterions, beginning with the actual record. The actual record is the
one you see in the record-viewer or the first, if you called the Find-function via the
menu.
During the search-process you see a progress-bar.
If no record was found, a message appears. If the search didn't start with the first record, you can jump to the first now and continue searching with F4.
In general, press F4 in the record-viewer to find the next record matching your criterons.
Press the keys 1 - 7 in the record-viewer to edit a single field of a record. This command is only suitable to correct typing errors, not to add a new record.
Press CLEAR in the record-viewer to delete the actual record. Be patient, it takes some seconds to delete the record!
Choose File|Exit to close the TI-92-Database. If you exit the TI-92-Database properly with this command, it will open the database you were working on the next time again.
Last change: 10.1.1999