At the present we have the following tape/checkstrip export options: Excel, Word, Clipboard, send as eMail and Postit. Because of some requests we added one more: save checkstrip as graphic-file.
A nice new feature in Deskcalc 6 is the docking function. But what is docking:
What are appbars (application desktop toolbars)? An appbar (application desktop toolbar) is a window similar to the Quick Launch bar, the Language Bar or the Windows Taskbar. It is anchored/docked to an edge of the screen, and it typically provides the user with quick access to various things like program shortcuts, favorite files, folders or URLs, information such as the local weather or sports news, or commonly used programs such as a clock, stopwatch or your calculator. Appbars are allocated their own area on the screen and the system prevents other applications from using that area.Â
Using this Windows functionality DeskCalc is always visible and doesn't use space occupied by other applications on the desktop.
In earlier Desk versions it wasn't possible to to adjust the width of the dialog. That has been changed now because DeskCalc is used as calculator on touch screen by some costumers. They use and start it in fullscreen mode with the /FS command line flag.
deskcalc.exe /FS....starts DeskCalc in Fullscreenmode deskcalc.exe /hide....starts DeskCalc hidden
Keyboard shortcuts can highly improve your user experience. Press CTRL + F1 to check out all shortcuts. Version 6 enables you now to print the shortcuts.
The% key has two functions: Finding a Percentage. In most cases, % divides a number by 100. The one exception is when a plus or minus sign precedes the number. (See “Adding or Subtracting a Percentage,†below.)
Sometimes you need your calculator result always on top of all the other running applications, but the DeskCalc window might be to large on a crowded desktop. One solution is to this is the new, even smaller popup window.
Update: Warning it write access problems with deskcalc4.ini -> settings file Update: Uninstall removes all DeskCalc registry entries Bugfix:Â Decimal points display in the lower status bar hasn't been updated by keyboard shortcuts
New: Constants calculation
How does it work? Have a look at the above screenshot and imagine you like to multiply some numbers with the same multiplier, lets say 2. You start with 2*2= Now DeskCalc remembers this multiplyer and uses it next time you need it. Any time you enter a number and press ENTER will result in a multiplication with 2. Have a look at the second calculation to see how it works.
The same works for divisions and percentage calculations. The last operation overrides the last constant and becomes the new constant. Here are some more examples:
 Input       Output  2 * 2 =      4  8=           16  3=             6 -----------------------  8 / 2 =      4  16=          8
The world today is undergoing a green revolution of a different sort and with greater emphasis being placed on reducing one’s carbon foot print and the use of Eco-friendly materials there have been a host of bamboo gadgets popping up in the market and just to add to that already long list comes this cool bamboo calculator.
But if you want to reduce your carbon foot print to ZERO when it comes to calculator, you should use a software calculator like DeskCalc.
There are times where you like to install DeskCalc on a network-drive and give all your users the same predefined settings. This tutorial shows you, how to do that.
If you are running an office with dozens of DeskCalc installations and use the build in currency calculator and it's daily updates, you may limit Internet traffic etc. by using one central rates file only. DeskCalc does this for you. Enable automatic currency updates at one workstation and specify the rates file at all the other workstation on your network.
 It all happens to us sometimes, that we unintentionaly delete a tape or forget to save it before we clean a checkstrip. You may undo that if you recognize it immediately after it happened. But what's with the calculations you created yesterday? DeskCalc stores all tapes for the last 7 days. Restore them with the "Restore Tape from File" function.