50g

Hello,
This calculator's learning curve is steep... =)
so I am trying to install this program:
http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=4394
the 2KX version has a 'program' file of *.hp
so what do I do?  I tried moving the file from my SD card to the HOME 
directory.  
so when I go to the Home Directory, I have a "FORMO" button (but 
along with several more, inculing 'Start', 'IOPAR', 'PPAR', and then 
another directory 'CASDI'.

any ways, pressing FORMO only brings up "Library 1010: FORM..." onto 
the stack.
Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong?  I wish there was a awy to 
attach small docs to these posts, but if you download the program 
there is a nice PDF that details what you should be getting (but I'm 
not).

Lastly, is there an easy way to change directories up a level 
(without going to the Files buttom)?
thanks guys,
brad

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Chindenga" <cfortuh@...> wrote:
>
> 
> To execute a program on SD card just type 
> :3:NAME OF PROGRAM
> Then press EVAL
> 
> - original message -
> Subject:	Re: [50g] how do i install and execute a program?  
but please step by step...
> From:	Dave Boyd <boydda@...>
> Date:		23/05/2008 18:36
> 
> tooshorttoremain wrote:
> > i have found many info on the net but neither worked.  i have put 
the 
> > file on an sd. and then i copy it to the port 2. then i soft 
reset it ( 
> > i press on and f3 together). and it is attached . i got it till 
now, 
> > but how do i run the program. is there an execute button im 
missing?
> 
> One thing about the HP-50G: there are a lot of modes and settings 
and 
> different ways to do things that will affect how you do things.  I 
will 
> assume, for this explanation, that you have set flag 117 to use 
SOFT 
> menus instead of CHOOSE menus.  Do that first, please.  (Press 
MODE, 
> then F1 to get to FLAGS, then scroll down and make sure that flag 
117 is 
> set to "SOFT menu", then OK and OK.)  Now most (but not all) of the 
> menus will present themselves on the menu line instead of popping 
up a 
> box; you can choose items with one of the top row of keys, the F-
keys, 
> F1 through F6.  There's a lot of useful things this allows you to 
do, 
> which the CHOOSE-menus will not allow, which you will find out 
about later.
> 
> How you run the program depends on the particular program and what 
the 
> programmer wanted to do.  Some programs attach themselves to the 
APPS 
> menu, in which case, press APPS and pick it from the list.  If your 
does 
> not appear in the APPS list, it may be a LIBRARY, in which case, 
press 
> the orange RIGHT-SHIFT key, then the 2 key, to get to the LIB 
menu.  Now 
> the attached libraries will be displayed on the menu line.  Look 
for the 
> library you attached.  If you don't see it, press NXT until you 
do.  If 
> you find it, press the key for that menu item, and the commands 
from 
> that library should be displayed.  Now you can press one of the F-
keys 
> to run the command.  (You may have to have some items on the stack 
if 
> the command is a math operation or something like that.)
> 
> If you DON'T find it, it's possible the program was not a LIBRARY, 
which 
> means it was either a DIRECTORY, or simply a PROGRAM, in which case 
you 
> have to do something else; let me know.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave Boyd
> "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall
>   like a house of cards. Checkmate."  -Capt. Zapp Brannigan, 
D.O.O.P.
>