================================================================================ SOLAR FIRE GOLD 7.3 - UPDATES ================================================================================ Listed in Reverse Chronological Order -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 7.3.1 - 15 Apr 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Improved, "auto repair" feature extended to improve processing of some paths in the SOLFIRE7.INI. These changes now eliminate bad paths and files in the INI file so the user does not get some spurious results. * Improved, added more logic when checking the "SavedImagePath" key in the SOLFIRE7.INI file such that it now not only checks that the folder exists but also if the computer is Windows Vista (or later) that the folder is not a "system" folder, such as C:\Windows or C:\Program Files. If it is a "system" folder for this Windows version then the path is changed to that of the Solar Fire User Files. * Improved, extended the detection of the version of the Windows operating system for reports to include Windows 7 as well as the detection of 64-bit Windows. * Improved, on the Help > About screen, the dedication was removed and replaced with the Windows operating system version details. * Fixed, various minor issues when a user selects Chart > Open and uses the Chart Database screen. In some cases, a blank list of charts was being displayed. * Fixed, program crashed each time on a Chart > Open if it was a new installation and no previous version of Solar Fire Gold was installed. * Fixed, if Solar Fire Gold v7.3 is installed side-by-side with an earlier version of Solar Fire, the file extension, *.SFcht, was remaining with the earlier version. If the earlier version was subsequently uninstalled then the program assignment to this file extension was lost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 7.3.0 - 27 Mar 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Added, a new "Auto Recover" feature has been added that will allow Solar Fire to recover if certain common files get deleted. This situation can occur if you already have Solar Fire Gold v7.0.x installed, upgrade and install Solar Fire Gold v7.3.0 (or later) and then decide to uninstall the earlier 7.0.x version. During the uninstall of that earlier version, certain common files to the two versions are deleted and that situation was causing the Solar Fire 7.3 to give a major error at the next startup. With this new "Auto Recover" feature, Solar Fire v7.3.0 (and later) will now automatically restore the common files that were deleted allowing the program to automatically get back to normal operation without raising an error. * Added, a new "Auto Repair" feature has been added that will now automatically change/repair any paths found in SOLFIRE7.INI, located in the Settings folder. This process now runs every time Solar Fire starts up so that it can now automatically check and repair any Solar Fire User Files or Solar Fire system paths that are stored as text in the SOLFIRE7.INI file, located in the Settings folder. This new feature now allows a user, who currently has Solar Fire v7.0.x installed, to upgrade to and install the new Solar Fire Gold v7.3.0 version (or a later 7.x version). Once this new version is run, it now automatically "connects" the Solar Fire User Files to the new version thus eliminating the need for a user to uninstall their earlier Solar Fire Gold v7.0.x version. Additionally, if any paths get corrupted during any Solar Fire Gold session, these paths will be automatically repaired at the next startup of Solar Fire. Finally, if for some reason, the auto repair feature is required to be turned off then a new key "BypassINIRepair", that is now located in the [Solar Fire] section, can be changed from 1 to 2 (after v7.3.0 has been run for the first time) and once this change is saved, no further checking or repairing of the INI file will take place. * Improved, if there are updates to the Interpretation files, when the screen pops up asking a user to check any or all files, when the "Yes" button was clicked, no further prompt for Copy & Replace now pops up. Previously, even if you checked the box allowing an update to an Interpretation file, a further Copy & Replace confirmation screen popped up, which was annoying. * Improved, relocated the Updates.ini file from the Solar Fire Programs File to the Solar Fire User Files (SFUF) Settings folder. This move was necessary because being located in a Windows protected folder, C:\Program Files\SolarFire73, the file could not be deleted. With the relocation to the SFUF Settings folder, instead of the Updates.ini file being deleted after it was processed, it now gets renamed. This strategy counters the scenario where the original SFUF files (located in the C:\Program Files\SolarFire73\User Files folder) may copy files over to the SFUF folders, creating a new Updates.ini file. If the renamed file is detected then the second Updates.ini file does not get processed again. * Improved, an Auto DST checkbox was added to the Animate module allowing a user to turn off auto DST changes when stepping for some scenarios. * Improved, when the Signs object is used in a Page design the word Sagittarius was being chopped off at the end. Increased size of Name column. * Improved, when the Points-Flexible object is used in a Page design the Longitude (Secs) & Retro column has been widened so that the Rx symbol does not overrun the column line if a large font size is used. * Improved, if there are two charts highlighted on the Calculated Charts list then these now are carried through to the Chart > Combined feature. Previously, the last chart highlighted was the only one that carried through forcing the user to re-select the other chart. * Fixed, when the Last and Next station zodiacal position of a planet is calculated, if a sidereal zodiac was selected, an incorrect zodiacal position was displayed. * Fixed, Solar Fire v7.2.2 did not create the Solar Fire User folders at startup, on a new system installation, thus causing file not found errors at startup. * Fixed, DST updating one day later than expected when stepping in Animate Chart mode. The Animate module was determining DST based on GMT rather than the place associated with the chart selected. Additionally, auto DST now applies to duplicated places found in the ACS atlas and places stored in the personal atlas associated with the ACS atlas - DST was not previously updating for these places. * Fixed, for places above the Arctic Circle (approx. 66.5*), some house systems that were selected by a user were causing a lockup of the program. * Fixed, not all aspect lines were showing when the Proportional Houses were OFF. Also, when the lines were printed, they were not going to a position where the planet in the outer wheel was located. * Fixed, the View Chart > Reports > Aspects List were always showing aspects based on Natal chart orbs. When a BiWheel has transits around the outside, the Tran orbs are now used where previously the Natal orbs were used for these charts types. * Fixed, the Print and Export buttons in the Ephemeris Generator were not enabled at the end of a good run of this feature.