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28 July 2010. ZET 9

Files update upd100728, allows to draw the names of countries and regions on a geographical map (Geo.Map Settings, Names).

25 July 2010. ZET 9, release 87

Interpretation: added a setting of interpretation document themes order (for "Natal" and "In house order" only). See "Interpretation" window, "Themes order" button. There is a list of themes dragging (reordering) by mouse, specifying of interpretation order. The "no texts" sign means absent or not activated appropriated texts in a library (except Universal Interpretation).
Fixed harmonic calculation of a North-Indian chart.

20 July 2010. ZET 9

Uploaded new version of Chinese language module hy_zet_9_0_86_zwm.rar (see Downloads, Additional files).

10 July 2010. ZET 9, release 86

Added "Highlight (planets in places of it's) Dignities" option highlights by red color the planets of additional data table in columns "Ruler", "Exaltation" and so on, if it locates in this dignities. See "Chart settings", "Data", "Additinal".
The astroformulae language: the Jyotish astects search. E.g. the formula MA . J4 . SA means: "Mars aspects Saturn by 4th aspect" or "Saturn located in 4th sign from Mars".
Fixed bug of the over polar circle house calculation.
Fixed bug of saving the ajanamsa settings.
Updated some time zone tables, see upd100710.rar.

4 July 2010. ZET 9, release 85

Added "Backup / Restore" function for data base and history of calculation.
The User's Guide updated, see upd100704-e.rar.
Fixed some minor bugs.
Added the registration payment method by bank / wire transfer directly to my bank account.

20 June 2010. ZET 9, release 84

Added the "Allow to drag of planets" option (to avoid a shift of planet on occasion). See Chart Settings, Wheel, Misc.
Fixed an animation of Uranus satellites at "Cosmos" tableau.
Fixed name of Uranus satellite Cordelia.
Fixed bug of Satellites table caption (Interface.txt, line 332).

14 June 2010. ZET 9, release 83

[Geo] Added "Satellites of planets" function, see User's Guide. To install ephemeris repeat auto-update or install geo100614.rar manually.
Fixed some bugs.
Upgraded User's Guide: upd100614-e.rar
Upgraded time zones tables: upd100611.rar

30 May 2010. ZET 9, release 82

For "30-degree's box" function added "The degree in House as well" option (additionally to "The mundane Placidian positions as well" option). The data generated by this function are same as "Planet in House" ones (additional data of coordinate table).
The "Sindhi Table" window: added function to copy a text to the clipboard by Ctrl+C keys.
Fixed bug of "Castom Asc": the "Set 1st House Cusp" button was disabled.
Fixed bug of setting of Moon Mansions system when ZET starts.
Fixed bug of displying of house number (missed 6 and 8) for Pars Of Fortune Lilly's affetic (dignities and debilities).

24 May 2010. ZET 8, release 181

Elaborated the "History of calculation" log: cancelled setting of maximum of log size, an empty log not saved, when ZET closed the copy of history log file "CHist.ini" with name "CHist.bak" is created. When occures the log damanged by any causes: invoce a popup menu, select "Restore history", follow the dialog to restore a log from "CHist.bak" file. Its recommended also to save a backup copy of "CHist.ini" file manually. Users of ZET 8 Geo should take into account a possibility to locate a history file to any folder.

24 May 2010. ZET 9, release 81

Added non-axes house systems: "12 ascendants" and "12 vertexes", each cusp calculated as ascendant (antivertex) of current time plus 1/12 of sidereal day.
Realized "Sandhi Table" function (sandhi - middle of house, madhya - house cusp). See menu of Tables.
Elaborated the "History of calculation" log: cancelled setting of maximum of log size, an empty log not saved, when ZET closed the copy of history log file "History.log" with name "History.bak" is created. When occures the log damanged by any causes: invoce a popup menu, select "Restore history", follow the dialog to restore a log from History.bak file. Its recommended also to save a backup copy of History.log file manually. Users of ZET 9 Geo should take into account a possibility to locate a history file to any folder.
Some minor elaborations.

17 May 2010. ZET 9, release 80

[Geo] Added function to disply the houses of any other systems additionally to current one (in single chart, up to 4 additional house systems, see Chart Settings, Houses Additional Settings, screenshot).
Added option of house and house cusp number format: Roman or Arable numerals (Chart Settings, Wheel).
Fixed bug of object description outputting in case when object number greater then 39.

9 May 2010. ZET 9, release 79

Realized of Lunar Return (and other dual charts) calculation in torocentric system.
Realized of "Moon Void of Course" calculation and "Actual aspects of the Moon" calendar in torocentric system.
Fixed bug of function of rectification by 'condensations' method.

1 May 2010. ZET 9, release 78

For "30-degree's box" function added "The mundane (in house) positions as well" option.
Elaborated Moon Nodes calculation: now it calculates not only in geocentric, but in topocentric and heliocentric coordinate systems too.
For "Progressions" chart type added the "Factor of directed MC" option, allows in case of using "One degree of MC per year" option to setup any factor of MC movement, independent of progression's factor. See "Dual chart editor", Progressions, "Edit", "Configuration".
Added function of automatic registration of ZET (see "ZET Update" window, "Upgrade to Pro/Geo" button): now a user of Lite or Pro may upgrade ZET to Pro or Geo easy by just input of access codes, and a progaram automatically installs a registration key Pro or Geo and a professional update file. Only needs the Internet connection. No need to manually downloads and install these files.
Fixed bug, concerinng a colors of rectangular european chart.

30 April 2010

Uploaded two sets of lots (Arabic Parts) (sent Paul Hysen). See "Downloads (ZET 9)", "Additional files". For all versions of ZET.
Uploaded Chinese Language Module for ZET 9 (by Zuo Weiming). See "Downloads (ZET 9)", "Additional files".

25 April 2010. ZET 9, release 77

The catalog of stars: added "Save list of selected stars" function.
Localized standard dialogs (e.g. "Yes, No, Cancel" buttons captions may been translated to national languages, see 744-749th lines of Messages.txt file). In case of manual ZET update, it need to install upd00425.rar file (see "Downloads").
Added settings of house colors of european rectangular chart (Chart Settings, Colors).
Elaborated function of shadding of applicating and separating aspects on a chart:
- the color of shadow defined separatelly for each (main) color of aspects,
- added "Width of shadow" option,
- added "Conjunction: show applicating only" option: when checked then application conjunction is not shaded, separated one is not drawed (but a popup hint exists),
- added "Apply" button.
The options defided separatelly for each configuration.
Fixxed bug of "disappearing" a chart wheel after a program closing when a chart enlarged (by wheel of mouse).
Other minor elaborations.

17 April 2010. ZET 9, release 76

Primary directions: realized using of terminus (cusps) as promissors (directed terminus).
Realized possibility of interpretation of aspects of progressed and directed Asc and MC to planets of radix. It need to activate Asc and MC at "Arabic Parts" catalog, and texts at chapters "Equatorial directions, planet aspects" and "Progressions, planet aspects".
The "Moon in Nakshatras (moon mansions)": added indication of current nakshatras system (for not miss e.g. tropical and sidereal zodiac).
Added parallels and anticia to the graphic (menu of chart) and text ("Tables" menu) aspect lists. Updated tables of astrological glyphs of ZET (anticia and contra-anticia). If you use a manual update. then see upd00417.rar file.
Fixed bug of calculating of the "Moon void of course" for dates B.C.
Elaborated functiom of shadding of applicating and separating aspect: added option for drawing appicating aspects by solid lines, and separated ones - by dotted lines (the conjunction always shadded by color).

11 April 2010. ZET 9, release 75

Realized function of highlighting by color shading of applocated and separated aspects on a chart. See Chart Settings, Aspects, "Shade appl./sep." option. There is possibility to set a type of shaded aspects (applicating, separating or both) and color of shading.
Realized the "Moon in Nakshatras" function (annual calendar), see Tables, Astrological tables.
The "Yhematic Almutens" function: now used same customised factors as for the Almuten Figuris (AlmutenFigurisVirtue.txt file).
Rectification by 'Condensations' method: added possibility to set of weighting factor for every prognostic method (from 1 to 0.01).
The table of coordinates (additional data): added possibility of individual settings of data format, see Chart Settings, Data, Table, the popup menu of additional data table for lines from "Longitude" to "Altitude".
Fixed the "Aspect diagram, interpret all period" (same as "Text", "Prognostication for...") function.
Fixed the "Thematic Almutens" fumction (calculation of Parts in sidereal zodiac).

4 April 2010. ZET 9, release 74

Realized the "Thematical Almutens" function (see menu of Tables). There is a sample of almuten in upd00403.rar files update.
Fixed "Graphic Ephemeris" function (under mouse aspects line).
Fixed "Tabular Ephemeris" function (GMT offset considering).
Elaborated "True Type fonts" function (a font preview pan).
Other minor elaborations.
Updating of planet textures (see "Downloads", TextMaps2.rar), setup manually.

27 March 2010 Upgrade ZET 8 and 9 files.

Upgrade of time zone tables (upd00327.rar file). Upgrading of files performs to [ZET]\Zones folder. Restart ZET required.
If you have ZET Geo modification and path to this folder redirected, then copy (move) new files manually to folder of redirection.

21 March 2010. ZET 9, release 73

Optimized the "Daily Watch, Birtday" function.
Upgraded the "Graphical ephemeris" function.
Other minor elaborations.

16 March 2010. ZET 9, release 72

Fixed the aspect table (windowed): sometimes false shape of underline "a" character for applicating aspect.
Fixed "Coordinate - Speed" function: a separated data window (sometimes leads to fail) replaced by optional panel of diagram's window, see popup menu. Prevents a diagram drawing for Horizontal and Prime Vertical systems. Prevents displaying of speed's extremum for topocentric system.
Fixed a chart photo drawing with database quick view mode.
Fixed an "Almuten figuris" function.

15 March 2010. ZET 9, release 71

Added option of displaying a native's photo on a chart (if there is a link to a photo in a source data). See Chart Settings, Format. The size of photo may changes by mouse "dragging". The popup menu allows to toggle photo, if there are several ones.
Elaborated the calendar of planetary hours: the progress indicator added.
The "Almuten figuris" function: added possibility to specify custom factors of virtues. These factors located in "AlmutenFigurisVirtue.txt" file, you can edit it (without changing an order and count of lines). E.g. it's possible to specify zero factors to not take into account some parameters, e.g. rulers of day and night.
Reduced a size of aspect tables (left bottom chart corner's table and separated window's table).
Fixed a "Daily Watch" function.

9 March 2010. ZET 9, release 70

Fixed "List of time intervals" for Trutina Hermetis.
Fixed a bug of previouse release, related to additional data of the external chart.

7 March 2010. ZET 9, release 69

Realized some Vedic astrology functions: data table display of the Nakshatras' Lords ((Nakshatras are Moon mansions, in which planets and points are located), as well as Sub-lords (Lords of Naksharta divisions), Prati-Lords and Sukshma-Lords. See Chart settings, Data, Tables, Additional data. The zodiacs of chart and moon mansions should be the same.
Added option of displaying of Nakshatras Lords as the second belt on a chart. See Chart settings, Wheel, Belt, Moon Mansions.
[Pro] Realized a "Calendar of planetary hours" function (Tables, Almanac), which allows to produce a schedule of planetary hours for the month, beginning from current date. In addition to the time of begining and the ruler-planet of an hour, the mark of retrograde motion, and the virtue for the moment of beginning of an hour are displayed (if the virtue option switched on in Chart Settings, Data, Tables).
The SriPati house system is now calculated similar to the Porphyry System.
Restored a function for displaying the table of calculating for almuten figuris (left mouse click on a glyph of planet-almuten).
Fixed the "Mask of Orb" function.

1 March 2010

The registration key ZET 8 Geo "Farris Lin" proclaims compromised. Users, who have this key installed, should delete it.

23 February 2010. ZET 9, release 68

The "Mask of Orb" function realized, allows to specify an interval of orbs of chart's aspects (in a horary astrology allows to see the events of some interval of time). Invoked by mini-button of the "Orb adjustment" panel.
Elaborated "30-degree's box".
Elaborated "Sunrise and Sunset" calendar (works for polar latitudes too).
Fixed bug of creating of chart type list for "Graphic ephemeris".
Fixed bug of interface captions for two-bytes characters languages.

21 February 2010. ZET 9, release 66

Trutina Hermetis, second method (variant) added. Also added possibility to specify a prenatal term in days.
Minor elaboration of "Position/speed diagram" (a data of speed extremum, separated window for data), "Aspects greed" (auto-adjustment of columns width), others.

14 February 2010. ZET 9, release 65

Some minor elaborations.

11 February 2010. ZET 9, release 64

Some minor elaborations.

8 February 2010

ZET forum opened for English language users. Welcome!

30 January 2010. ZET 9, release 62

Added "30-degrees box" function: displayint the 12th harmonic of planets. Positioning: press left mouse button and shift. Resizing: press left mouse button and Shift key, and shift mouse.
Prinary direction: added "Stars: conjunction only" option.
Temporaty deleted "Progressed houses" option of "Aspect Diagram" function.

24 January 2010. ZET 9, release 61

Added "Septener for Affetic" option (Chart Settings, Data, Systems), allows disply Lilly's virtue for septener only, independently of general "Septener only" option.
Elaborated "Search (in a database) for criteria" option for searching a specified text: now searching substring may consists spaces.
Fixed bug of displying the aspects glyphs for non-color chart and True Type font.
Fixed bug of consider a leap year for background data.
Temporary deleted "Chinese Celandar" function.

17 January 2010. ZET 9, release 58

Elaborated the interpretation texts verification function.
Added "All asteroids of catalog" option ("Aspects Diagram" window).
Fixed "Take Parameters of Diagram" function ("Aspects Diagram" window).
Fixed "Transit in Signs" function with the case of harmonic greater then 1 ("Aspects Diagram" window).
Elaborated "Real Time Clock": when checking on, then current time established immediatelly without delay by the update time interval.
Fixed bug of the fixed star popup menu ("Chart" tableau).
Fixed function of the "degrees.txt" (descriptions of degrees) file usage (localization bug).
Fixed "Chinese calendar" function.
Fixed bug of displaying time zone offset and table when execute "Past from buffer" function.

15 December 2009. ZET 9, release 57

Fixed the Almuten Figuris function, now the "Septener only" option accepted.
Fixed the "Dayly Watch" function.
Fixed English interface.

15 December 2009. ZET 9

The Arabic Language Interface Module now available, see Downloads, ZET 9, Additional files.

9 December 2009. ZET 9, release 56

Horary: added the renumber house indicator to the status bar.
Fixed "Primary direction".

6 December 2009. ZET 9, release 55

Elaborated the "Static picture" (Blank) function (viewing a fixed image by "space" key): added function of saving of current chart image to "Mandala" folder (Ctrl+M keys or "Misc." menu), deletinf of current image file (Del), return from image viewing to current tableau (Space-bar or Esc).
It's possible now to change a layout of any True Type fonts, including WinstarTT (Chart Settings, Fonts, True Type Fonts).
Fixed functions "male" and "female" of astroformula language.
Fixed "Primary direction" for "True Solar Arc" key.

29 November 2009. ZET 8, release 180

Fixed Atlas.

29 November 2009. ZET 9, release 54

Fixed bug of outher chart cusp menu.
Elaborated localization.
Fixed Atlas.

24 November 2009. ZET 9, release 53

Fixed "Planet Return" function (calculation of return's houses).
Fixxed bug of PgUp/PgDn buttons in Natal Chart tableau with a scroll bar visible.
Fixed bug of absence of highlighting a "Moon Void of Course" in case of this event presence.
Fixed English language message files.

17 November 2009. ZET 9, release 52

Fixed some minor bugs.

9 November 2009. ZET 9, release 49

Increased a calculation speed of TERM function of astroformulas language (the calculation of the Sun for day/night determination should be included in options for charts and events search).
The Database: if "!Default" page is absent, it is created automatically when ZET starts.
Fixed bug of "Print Chart" function.
Added function "Set window's ratio as printer's" (the menu "Miscellaneous"), allowing to instal proportions of working area of a window of the program according to a printer format.

5 November 2009. ZET 9, release 48

Fixed some minor bugs.

1 November 2009. ZET 9, release 47

Fixed displaying of AtlasII city names on a geographical map (localization bug).
Fixed source data error when reset "Centi-seconds, Time" option (General Settings).
Other minor elaborations.

29 October 2009. ZET 9, release 46

Fixed account of centi-seconds in "Dynamic of Time" window.
The changes of date/time filds of "Dynamic of Time" window fillfulled now only when Enter key pressed.
Accounting of time zone executed now in dynamic of time too.
Some changes of "Chart Setings" window interface: deleted "Misc." tab, its options moved to "Wheel" and "Data" tabs.

27 October 2009. ZET 9, release 45

Fixed Centi-seconds in Geographical Coordinates (Data Base, Source Data, ZET Location, History)
Fixed "Astrolocality" for background data (Astrocartography)
Fixed localization (english captions)
Improved algorithm of planet ingressions (e.g. fixed missing of ingression of Pluto to Sagittarius 17.01.1995)

17 October 2009

ZET 9 (English) launched

5 October 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 178

Fixed inverse progressions (regressions) aspects graphics.

4 October 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 177

Fixed calculation of "real\quick houses" in progressions (secondary directions).
Minor elaborations of functionality.

2 September 2009. ZET 8 files upgrade

Fixed Egyptian terms. Right sequense for Libra: Saturn, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars (upd90902 upgrade file).

2 August 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 175

Fixed minor bug.

28 Jule 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 174

Fixed some bugs.

27 June 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 173

Fixed bug of Sky tableau House line drawing in sidereal Zodiac.
Fixed bug of interpretation: wrong header "House in Sign" deleted.

14 June 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 172

Fixed minor bug of Lilly's affetic calculation.

20 May 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 171

Fixed bug of displaying 'month/day/year' date format.

3 May 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 170

Fixed bug of saving a comment when Data Base window closed.

1 May 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 169

Fixed 'Search for Event' function ('Calculate all planets' option, background time of dual chart).

20 April 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 168

Fixed minor bugs.

22 March 2009

Fixed of User's Guide minor bug, see Downloads, upd90322.rar update file.

3 March 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 167

Fixed bug of Confirugation Manager, leads to false settings of chart type in the "Evant Data" window.

2 March 2009

Uploaded new interpretation texts: "Wikipedia. Planetary hours" and "Lunarium. Planetary hours". See Library. Autoupdate accepted, restart ZET after update.

11 February 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 166

The "Event Data" window, "Save in database..." button: added protection from saving of incorrect data.
"Cosmos" tableau: fixed searching of Sun from star's system when used the "Hipparcos" cataloge.

4 February 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 165

Fixed interpretation of ACG lines. The interpretation fillfulled by right mouse click to ACG line or Paran's point on a geographical chart. The ACG teksts should been acivated in Executive bookshelf of Library.
Fixed bug of Database: the "Replace from chart" function does not refreches immediatelly a comment data.

4 January 2009. Upgrade ZET 8, release 164

Fixed saving of size of "Time Dynamic" and other windows.
Fixed determination of Peregrine.
Fixed rendering of parallels and anticia aspect lines.
Fixed saving of palette.
Improved operation with two monitors with different resolution.

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