What's new (History of changes)

Version 0.8.2

• NEW body and aspect presets for frequently repeated tasks
• NEW interpretive texts support + texts by Kenneth Hirst + Sabian Symbols
• NEW transits and directions of AS, MC and VX can be calculated
• NEW Soli-Lunar returns and other relative returns
• NEW custom fraction of solar and lunar returns
• NEW trans-returns and optional precession correction of transits
• NEW optional slow progression of axis in secondary direction (approx. 1.5 deg/year instead of 361.5)
• NEW optional fixation of horizontal axis to Aries
• NEW automatic update check (optional)
• NEW recent event lists in Horoscope dialog
• NEW house affilation printed in the basic list
• NEW cummulative script updates supported
• CHG help extended
• CHG quick-list items can be replaced by new value (confirmation requested)
• CHG recent event list changed to 6 files instead of 4.
• FIX minor memory leakage
• FIX Chart not refreshed after animation reset
• FIX derived event zone was set to auto
• FIX country names were displayed in Czech in English localization
• FIX Toolbar icons were displayed incorrectly if Windows theme settings were changed
• FIX inner/mutual aspects toggle didn't refresh chart after primary event animation

Version 0.8.1

• NEW auto-detection of timezone and DST according to date, time and place
• NEW dynamic transits (hit-to-hit) supported
• NEW sidereal calculations
• CHG font by Kenneth Hirst
• CHG QuickList format changed, timezones supported
• CHG non-integer hour is supported in time zones eg.: GMT-4:30, GMT+0:57:56
• NEW phpBB forum launched
• CHG help and documentation extended
• NEW extended info with RA/Declination and Az/Alt
• NEW Quick Launch icon supported
• CHG year step in animation respects leap years
• CHG month step in animation respects real month length instead of 30 days
• NEW normal +, - and * can be used for basic animation (for notebook users)
• NEW Tools/Set Default Place option
• NEW Event/Discard unused events
• NEW Custom element colors
• NEW Settings: Mutual aspects orb settings
• NEW MutEx support to prevent installation when SF is running
• NEW colored body listing in radix view
• FIX minor bugs

Version 0.8.0

• FIX Atlas opening issue
• FIX French translation
• FIX Minor font incopatibility issue
• CHG Effect boundaries now reflect retrograde moves
• FIX small memory leakage

Alpha 7.9

• NEW World Atlas with over 105,000 cities
• NEW Settings: detailed body definitions
• NEW Settings: detailed aspect definitions
• NEW Settings: detailed sign settings
• NEW Settings: Mutual aspects orb settings (UNFINISHED !!!!!!!)
• CHG Date input supports year between 5400 BC - 5400 AD
• NEW Page breaks between multiple aspect grids
• NEW 11,000 year ephemeris (separate install)
• NEW Progress dialog for lengthly operations
• NEW Transit effect boundary detection
• CHG house system names can be localized
• NEW Updates supported from now on (settings will be preserved and downloaded file will be smaller than the full installation file)
• FIX day of week was incorrectly displayed for derrived charts
• NEW sign cusp transits calculated

Alpha 7.8

• FIX some typos
• NEW Derived horoscope (transit, sec. direction)
• NEW Comparison standard/derived horoscope (transit, sec. direction)
• NEW Prompt how to use a found date (in transits, returns, directions searches)
• NEW real date info for derived charts
• NEW additional aspect grids for comparison horoscopes

Alpha 7.7

• FIX NT/Win2000 drop-down list issue fixed
• FIX NT/Win2000 crash when switching between event/date for secondary data fixed
• FIX Print: A4 page format enforcing fixed
• FIX Shape chart first cusp fill-in error fixed
• FIX some typos

Alpha 7.6

• NEW Dual wheel (comparison) horoscope
  • NEW swapping inner and outer wheels
  • NEW swapping inner and mutual aspects
  • NEW Animation for both wheels (Shift for primary data)
  • NEW comparison aspectarium
  • NEW dual basic info lists
• NEW Animation: reset date feature added
• NEW glyph-free objects supported (abbrev. used instead of glyph)
• NEW PoSpirit glyph (alternative)
• FIX quicklist data errors
• NEW asteroids can be used as transiting objects
• NEW 65 star definitions
• CHG cosmetic icon changes

Alpha 7.5

• FIX transit calculation improved
• FIX second rounding error fixed
• NEW Returns
• NEW diurnal formulas for PoF and PoS
• NEW clickable transit/direction lists
• FIX glyph collision system for radix fixed and improved
• FIX import Astrolog data swapped lat and lon
• CHG cosmetic changes

Alpha 7.4

• FIX translation
• NEW F1 context help (help text still unfinished)
• FIX crash when planet at exact vernal point (Jupiter: 6.6.2010 7:27:00 GMT+1:00)
• NEW Transits
  • NEW Transits view
  • NEW Transits settings
  • NEW _body.MaxSpeed, _body.MinSpeed, _settings.Model.DefaultTransitBodies, DefaultTransitAspects
• NEW Animation steps: week, month, year
• NEW Secondary directions (progression)
  • NEW _settings.Model.DefaultDirectionBodies, DefaultDirectionAspects
• NEW Swiss Ephemeris 1.72
• NEW improved degree formatting
• NEW object distribution tables
• NEW additional info in basic info view
• FIX object selection algorithm re-designed
• NEW Astrolog and Astrolog32 event files import
• FIX S and W lat/lon error fixed (minus sign removed)
• CHG More options in setup
• NEW major asteroids defined
• NEW vertex object defined
• NEW part of spirit defined
• NEW fonts retouched
• NEW Semi-decile defined
• FIX Transit speeds fixed
• FIX vanishing toolbar fixed
• NEW date and time formatting is automatically set according to the regional settings
• NEW _aspect.MaxOrb property added to make orb definition even better, see Aspect for help
• CHG minor "cosmetic" changes

Alpha 7.3

• FIX date/time formattig error fixed
• FIX planet speeds more accurate (by Pavel Turnovsky)
• CHG logo and icon modified (by Martina Lukaskova)
• CHG Menus redesigned to be more intuitive
• CHG Multiple object selections in settings are now done using SHIFT and CTRL (it is faster and more flexible)
• NEW different day and night formulas are supported (it is important for parts, such as Part of Fortune)
• NEW Multi-user support (user scripts and events are stored in ..\My Documents\StarFisher\
• NEW _settings.Model.SetDefaultPlace() - defaults for new events
• NEW Here(EventName) - sets an event to the default place
• NEW StarFisher creates an event for now and here at the start up.
• NEW optional object labels in aspectarium
• NEW QuickList pre-filled with capital cities (EN, FR version)

Alpha 7.2

• NEW Shape Chart
• NEW waxing and waning aspects (+/-) detected
• CHG minor aesthetic changes
• NEW Settings.SettingsName.Body.AvgSpeed
• CHG planet colors
• NEW Help file (unfinished)

Alpha 7.1

• NEW Settings.SettingsName.Display.AspectariumShowDetails + GUI
• NEW Radix objects rendered in color
• NEW Element support
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.Element
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Aspect.AspectName.Element
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Sign.SignName.Element
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Display.ElementName.Color
• NEW Settings.SettingsName.Display.RadixShowScale + GUI
• NEW internet bug reporting system
• CHG AC and MC removed from the house wheel in radix
• FIX translation errors
• FIX save settings bug fixed

Alpha 7

• NEW Log Window
• NEW Horoscope's own body and aspect set
  • NEW advanced horoscope settings dialog
  • NEW _horoscope.AspectList
  • NEW _horoscope.BodyList
• FIX init.sfs in incorrect folder if saved on exit
• NEW Settings.SettingsName.Model.StrongAspect
• NEW Settings.SettingsName.Model.WeakAspect
• CHG small listings changes
• NEW GUI localization support
• NEW partial Czech translation
• FIX Boides typo corrected
• FIX crashes if lang.txt is missing
• NEW Website and forum in the Help menu

Alpha 6

• NEW aspect calculation options - see Settings.SettingsName.Aspect for details
  • NEW _settings.Model.AspectaryXPlanetaryOrb
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.Orb
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.MaxOrb
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.AspectHarmonicLimit
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Aspect.AspectName.SolilunarExtension
• NEW body and aspect lists
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Model.DefaultBodies + GUI
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Model.DefaultAspects + GUI
• NEW radix rendering options
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Display.RadixAspecedObjects + GUI
  • NEW Settings.SettingsName.Display.RadixAspects + GUI
• NEW full-window print preview
• NEW basic translation support
• NEW landscape paper orientation for radix printing as default
• FIX backward animation worked as forward
• CHG about box re-designed
• FIX toolbars staying highlighted on close
• NEW Font: AS, MC, VX glyphs
• FIX Dates before 1970 caused crash
• FIX De-selecting a date/time picker caused the program freeze
• CHG Current time in new EventData is rounded to mm:ss:00. It seems to be more common

Alpha 5

• NEW font: additional glyphs defined (asteroids, elements and more)
• CHG font: sextile changed, 2- and 3-spetile changed
• NEW date picker with timezone selector; prepared for gregorian date and julian day input
• NEW all asteroids, stars and compound objects (including arabic parts) are now supported
• NEW definition of obejct calculation completly remade, see Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.Formula
• NEW timezones and DST are now used
• FIX "--" prefix for western hemisphere coordinates
• CHG All SFS files are now in UNICODE by default (it might solve the Win2000 issue)
• NEW Aspects displayed in the radix are limited to Con, Opp, Tri, Squ and Sex (will be configurable soon)
• NEW Aspects displayed in the radix are limited to planets only (will be configurable soon)
• NEW Retrograde sign displayed in the radix info box for retrograde planets
• NEW Tools->Execute command

Alpha 4

• CHG renamed to StarFisher, file extension >> *.sfs
• NEW Event->Edit Primary data...
• CHG About dialog now supports active HTML content
• NEW Presence of the StarFisher font is now tested
• NEW Saving of settings supported
• NEW autorun.sfs
• NEW prompts to save settings when changed
• FIX "CSS formating is not read if the directory is changed (e.g. by Save As)"
• FIX "window not sizable"
• NEW many minor changes and fixes

Alpha 3

• NEW Menu-Settings: House System now works
• NEW EventData.EventDataName.Location + related views
• NEW basic animation support
• NEW (internal) document and view synchronization and update request broadcasting
• NEW Quick-list basic support
• NEW auto-generated script documentation
• NEW (internal) source documents in doxyGen

Alpha 2

• NEW long zodiacal format d sign m's"
• NEW Settings.Aspect.AspectName.Orb = degree;
• NEW Aspectarium view: orb tooltip hint (yellow baloon)
• CHG Aspect definitions (init.als)
• NEW Radix view: optional radix wheel scale (the ruler)
• FIX toolbar repaint performance issue
• CHG minor design changes
• NEW Fullscreen mode
• NEW Radix view: positions info-panel
• NEW All views: event data and model info-lines
• NEW EventData:new autodetect time zone and daylight savings time.
• NEW brief helpfile