http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php PCalc Support DragThing Forums - UBB.threads(tm) http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7872#Post7872 Posted by Carson:
[quote=ilias]I noticed today that while looking at the available feature packs in the PCalc Store in the settings menu, changing orientation on the iPad causes that orientation to remain stuck. You are then unable to get PCalc to change orientation unless you kill the app and restart it. It seems to happen only in the PCalc Store menu and no others. It doesn't happen on the iPhone. [url=http://www.ebelow.com/sales/ipad-2-adapter]ipad 2 adapter[/url] [url=http://www.ebelow.com/sales/ipad-2-batteries]ipad 2 batteries[/url] [url=http://www.ebelow.com/sales/ipad-2-cables]ipad 2 cables[/url] I'm running PCalc Lite 2.3.3 on iOS 4.3.2 on an iPad 2 (latest versions of everything as of this posting). [/quote] Actually, I fixed that very bug yesterday! ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:07:14 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7871#Post7871 Posted by Carson:
[quote=RPN]I bought a few expansion packs for PCalc Lite for my iPad. I recently was given an iPod touch, but I don't seem to have access to the expansions I bought. Some won't work on the iPod touch anyway, like the multiline display, but I'd still like to have conversions available. Is there any way to enable the expansions on the second device? [/quote] [url=http://www.ebelow.com/sales/ipad-2-cables]ipad 2 cables[/url] [url=http://www.ebelow.com/sales/ipad-2-chargers]ipad 2 chargers[/url] [url=http://www.ebelow.com/sales/ipad-2-adapter]ipad 2 adapter[/url] just press the "Look for lost purchases" button at the bottom. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:15:43 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7868#Post7868 Posted by shinomi:
thanks to sharing]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:45:29 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7859#Post7859 Posted by James Thomson:
Yes, the whose online stays up for 24 hours I think!]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:04:01 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7732#Post7732 Posted by Zatopek:
I may not be on the right forum. I'm looking to buy a handheld calculator with a DeltaPercent key. I used to have a Cannon KS-81 but that model is no longer made. Can anyone help? Thanks.]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:01:49 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7731#Post7731 Posted by diox76:
Dear James, Thanks for your fast reply. In order to solve my issue, I'll send an email. Thanks in advance. Brs. Diox76.]]> Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:37:21 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7724#Post7724 Posted by Rob Lewis:
Well, actually, it's not quite right to say "input smaller figure" first. You should maybe say "input base figure". Because percent changes can be negative, too. Example: what is the percent change between a base value of 200 and a new value of 180? Solution: 200 Enter 180 Delta percent Answer: -10% And you really should try RPN! It takes just a bit of getting used to, but it's faster, more logical, and (I would argue) less prone to errors. You never have to deal with parentheses. Millions of HP calculator users can't be wrong :-) Full disclosure: I'm the guy who badgered poor James into adding the delta percent function to PCalc. ]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:19:30 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7615#Post7615 Posted by James Thomson:
Thanks for those, noted also!]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:57:32 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7584#Post7584 Posted by James Thomson:
I don't want to promise something, and not deliver it. Writing an in-depth manual takes a long time. I'm not avoiding it, I'm just prioritising. I definitely want to do it though. As for the name, Apple doesn't let us change the name or icon of an app after an install unfortunately. Hyp is hypotenuse, Rnd is round. Sorry you are annoyed.]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:25:10 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7558#Post7558 Posted by James Thomson:
Oh no, it's there - I must have forgotten to update the documentation when I added it.]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:58:15 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7544#Post7544 Posted by AlanChua:
I had ask this question because I had IOS 5 installed on my Ipad and I find that the lite version work perfectly. Actually I am considering buying PCalc and the new Calc Pro HD but I had choose PCalc over Calc Pro HD because Calc Pro HD crash when I try some feature on IOS 5 beta. Although I cannot penalize the app over a close beta, PCalc had won me over because I had no issue on my ipad IOS 5 beta. : Keep it up.]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:07:56 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7463#Post7463 Posted by James Thomson:
Ah, glad it was something simple!]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:18:48 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7454#Post7454 Posted by ArtM:
The user must turn the iPod/iPhone to the horizontal layout to see the "POWER OF" options.]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:04:33 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7291#Post7291 Posted by James Thomson:
The binary mode is currently limited to 16-bit numbers only, but I hope to remedy this soon.]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:07:40 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7230#Post7230 Posted by James Thomson:
M in (insert) sets the memory to the value in x, M re (recall) sets x to the value in the memory. So, just type 1000, M in, will set the memory to 1000. Then M+ to add some values, and finally M re to recall it. Hope that helps!]]> Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:03:45 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7189#Post7189 Posted by James Thomson:
That's actually what the OS does when I use the system call to animate a window opening, I agree it looks bad! They just never updated it from the old days. I'll make a note to just write my own...]]> Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:14:06 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7188#Post7188 Posted by James Thomson:
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I've been away. But, yes, that would explain it! The "Last" key was a much requested feature, and it's traditionally a 2nd function on Enter. But noted!]]> Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:58:57 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7178#Post7178 Posted by James Thomson:
There isn't built-in support for complex numbers or matrices as such I'm afraid. The problem with user guides is that very few people actually read them compared to the amount of time they take to write and maintain - I'm happy to answer any questions here though.]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:10:45 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7063#Post7063 Posted by James Thomson:
You're welcome! Glad I could help.]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:12:27 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7042#Post7042 Posted by rickg:
I concur whole heartedly. I am a digital design engineer and I have to deal with signed hex numbers all the time. I just recently purchased the full blown version of pcalc for my iPhone and was disappointed with the behavior of the hex calculator. If you only need to deal with unsigned numbers it will work just fine, but as soon as you need to do any signed numbers it fails miserably. A simple solution would be to make one of the buttons (A->B) into a signed selector when Hex,Oct,Bin is selected. Then when you are performing the operations with these types of numbers, the operations could work. A representation of -FFFF does not make any sense in any context (except maybe signed magnitude) and in my option should be eliminated from the implementation. Thanks for your consideration.]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:00:21 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7038#Post7038 Posted by DonF:
Howdy, James et. al., Perhaps I can help with your hesitation: - Watch out for the "it's always been done this way" trap!  This way lies madness (or an inferior product as other innovators innovate), but you already know that.  - The current way is inconsistent. 5/6*7+0 should evaluate the same as 0+5/6*7 no matter how you look at it.   - It's easy enough to parenthesize desired terms to specify precedence, but the current method is (from my amateur mathematician's POV) just inaccurate, and that bugs me.  I hope something up there convinces you to change PCalc's behavior...  in any case you've still got the best darn iPhone calculator out there - keep it up! Thanks for listening, -Don]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:31:10 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7035#Post7035 Posted by Meta:
I was quite surprise that this feature was not available. Reason I bought the calculator cause I think it could add time... my mistake for not properly evaluating the product before hand. Bought it in the middle of the night :( I work in the aviation industry. You could say more than half of us already bought the Ipad by now cause it replaces all our manuals and notes that we carry to work. Part of our job is also to track time (flying hours that is) How much time do I work a week, how much time do I work a month and hoe much a year etc. Also tracking how many hours flown during the day or night. For that I had to buy a calculator (Casio fx-991ES) It has a button ( ' " ) where you hit after you type a number to indicate Hours, and if u type another number and hit the button again it will indicate Minutes and if you hit a number and hit the button again it will indicate Seconds. It also work for Latitude and Longitude. As previous posters, I too would like to see if this could be possible on Pcalc. I]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:52:07 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7019#Post7019 Posted by Jeff s:
Oh thank you thank you for that workaround. Heheh. I use PCalc at work all the time now that I found it in the app store and I'm usually rockin out to the iTunes as well switching back and forth between that and PCalc. My batteries died in my HP after 5yrs and I have been too lazy to go to the store to get more. I does not help that I found PCalc. It is being quite an enabler to my laziness. Heheh.]]> Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:47:39 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6990#Post6990 Posted by santaliqueur:
Thanks so much for the quick reply. The dashboard stack lines aren't that important, since the desktop version is always accessible. Great work, keep it up!]]> Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:21:40 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6963#Post6963 Posted by James Thomson:
The only thing I can think of, is that there is a "Do Not Rotate" option in the Advanced section of the Preferences - is that on?]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:37:42 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6951#Post6951 Posted by James Thomson:
Thanks for believing :) I have some ideas in how to change things, but it's not so easy...]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:51:31 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6784#Post6784 Posted by James Thomson:
It does actually display that tip on first launch, but nobody reads it :)]]> Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:54:18 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6698#Post6698 Posted by James Thomson:
That's not there right now, but i'll certainly take that as a feature request!]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:15:11 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6692#Post6692 Posted by James Thomson:
Noted. It's a little hard to do with the way the code is currently set up, but I'll see what I can do. I'm hoping to restructure the hex/bin/oct code in a future release, but I'm not sure when that will be.]]> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:58:53 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6664#Post6664 Posted by James Thomson:
It *was* working, I promise! I fixed that in version 3.4. It sounds like a Dashboard update must have broke it again... sigh... That's twice now. Ok, I'll take another look, soon.]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:38:22 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6649#Post6649 Posted by James Thomson:
Could it be the RPN mode is switched on, in the widget?]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:03:26 UTC http://www.dragthing.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6623#Post6623 Posted by James Thomson:
Heh, no worries, glad it was something simple!]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:12:46 UTC