ZET - Astrology Software

News, January-June 2007

24 June 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 103

When choose a record from History Log now do not creates automatic replacing of this record to the top of a list, it sometimes leads to program fail.
Realized a variant of geographical map zoom, created by right mouse button: press, move bottom-right hold pressing, release (when unmovable mouse the popup menu invoked).
Virtual objects: added possibility to emplement a code and edit name of any object, except Uranian planets. It expands a possibility to use these objecte in interpretations.
Interpretation, mark up of interpretation texts: added possibility to use codes of virtual objects and codes of arabic parts.
"Cosmos Settings": added "Show asteroid's glyphs with orbits only" option
Some minor elaborations.

22 June 2007

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17 June 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 102

[Geo] Elaborated function of creation of Big Atlases. Uploaded Big Atlases of United Kingdom, Romania, Nepal and China on "ZET 8 Professioinal" page. Added the "Type of Object" column to the Atlas table.
Restored an optional access to two variants of Moon Day calculation. Now these both variant correctly included in Moon Days Log and in ZET Message.
[Pro] The "Local Space" function: realized commands of map (draft) shifting by mouse (Shift+LeftMouse) and by keys (Arrow, Shift+Arrow). When initial loading a background image (of map or draft), the centering of image occures. Realized functions of displaing of geographical coordinates and azimuth (relative of ring center) of undermouse pont, and saving and restoring of image position.
[Pro] On a ZET 8 Professioinal page uploaded a map of Moscow city, intended for "Local Space" function.
Fixed some bugs.

2 June 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 101

Added option to disply in the planets table: ruler, exaltant, in detriment and fall in signs, where this point located. Now the full table looks similar as follows::
Table's headers are following:
R - sign's ruler,
E - exaltation in the sign,
T - ruler of triplicity,
t - ruler of term,
f - ruler of face,
d - ruler of degree
D - in detriment,
F - in fall,
N - novenaria,
U - duodenarium,
H - Hayz, Sect.
See Chart Settings, Data, Dispositors.
Changed: the "Septener only" option of "Chart Settings" (Data) window, but not similar option of "Moon Void Calendar" and "Mundane Aspects of the Moon" windows, controls of displying the appropriate data of a chart.
Fixed bug: the font color of additional data headers of planet table does not corresponded to background color. Occures for dark backgrounds.
Fixed bug of the orb table selection when the aspect diagram creats.

25 May 2007

Fixed bug of "Database converter" utility, sometimes leads to incorrect conversation of timezone sign, when convert to JigSaw format. See "Downloads", "Database Converter".

19 May 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 100

Possibility of automatic implementation of special configuration, named PRINT.ini, for print out a chart. See "General Settings", "Use PRINT configuration for print out a chart" option. E.g. if you use a dark chart's background on the screen, then for nornal printing of a chart it need to specify a white background at PRINT configuration. You can create this configuration yourself.
Possibility of automatic implementation of special configuration, named DOC.ini, for inserting a chart to the interpratation document of Web format. See "Interpretation Setup", "Use DOC configuration with a chart" option (right of "Include chart" option). E.g. if you use a full screen mode, then for normal inserting of chart in a document it need to specify in the DOC configuration an appropriate chart size corresponding of the document format. You can create this configuration yourself.
The "12-degree Moon Days" option is disabled and cheched off by default now. If it is very necessary, then you may enablrd it, using /12d parameter if ZET's command line.
Possibility to specify any systems of Terms with 12*5, 12*6 and 12*7 sectors with optional accounting of day|night chart. See VettiusValens7.ter file.
Possibility to specify systems of Degrees Rulers with optional accounting of day|night chart. See Paul.dgr file.
Some minor elaborations.

12 May 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 99

The house number added in a hint of planet on a chart.
[Geo] Fixed bugs of Primary Direction and aspect diagram of Primary Direction.
Fixed some minor bugs.
Added rulers of terms by Vettius Valens (Vettius Valens.ter file) and by Beruni (Beruni.ter file).

5 May 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 98

[Geo] Added "Planets in Houses" and "Planets in Signs" options in aspect diagram for primary directions.
Fixd bug of "Mundane aspects" function, leads to distortion of Sun position on a chart wheel, if following options selected: Sun days, Planetary hours, Rulers of day and year.
Fixed bug of running ZET not as administrator.
Fixed minor bugs of Cosmos tableau.

29 April 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 97

[Geo] Added the "Mundane aspects" options (aspects between planets, measured in house degrees). See Chart Settings, Misc(3). Do not works in Evaluation of Geo mode yet.
Added the "Prognostic Graph" function ("Tools" button).
[Geo] To the "Prognostic Graph" and "Aspect Diagram" function added the "Primary direction" type.
Elaborated the "History of Calculation" log: 1) added function to search the record by name ("Find Name..."), 2) when select by "Cast Chart" the cursor stays on it position.
Elaborated the "Second Zodiac Belt" function: added 10- and 8-signs Zodiac option, and also, "Alphabet- Zodiac". See Chart Settings, Misc(1).
Added possibility to "drug" the window of statistic to any place (for screen only, not print out).

14 April 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 96

Added option to calculate planet in sect and in Hayz. See "Chart Settings", "Data", "Sect, Hayz".
Added possibility of operational interpretation of planet and house of Return (if exists "Planets in Houses of Return" and "Houses of Return in Houses of Radix" interpretation texts).
Fided bug of 94th and 95th updates, sometimes occures when run ZET under "User" mode (not "Administrator") of Windows XP.
[Pro] Fixed bug of "Aspects Diagram" function (some kinds of directions, e.g. Profection).
Fixed bug of "Ingress of Planets" (asteroids and virtual planets).
Fixed bugs, occures in Windows XP in a mode of compatability with Windows 95,98.

8 April 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 95

Added "Sepatated aspetts only", see "Charts Settings", "Aspecting".
The "Planet and House Degrees" function ("Tables" buton): added column with number of house in which the planel located.
The "Degree Overview" window: added "Minimize" button.
The geographical map, the "Measure" mode: added displaying of azimuth (0 - east, 90 - north).
[Pro] For inherpretation texts of HTML format the ALT tag replaced to TITLE one for compatibility of browsers.
[Pro] Elaborated the "Aspects Diagram" function.

1 April 2007

Uploaded a variant of ZET fonts and asteroids glyphs. See Downloads, Additional files, FontSD.zip.

31 March 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 94

[Pro] The "Local Space Map" function: added "Consider magnetic declination" option.
Elaborated the "ZET Location" function for automatic local time adjustment.
Assigned a special icon for the "BLACKBOX" file.
General house table: added the "Orb of planet at cusp" option.
Added option "Show Aspects" in the planet's menu (in a chart wheel). This allows to switch on/off aspecting of selected planet on-the-fly.
[Pro] Fixeded bugs of the "All Period Reading" ("Aspects Diagram"), especially does not displayed asteroid's and other object's names.
Fixed bug: the double mouse click in the empty field of the Catalog of Asteroids leads to program fail.
[Pro] Fixed bug of calculation of "Primary Direction".
Fixed bug of displaying objects names in a "Cosmos" tableau.

24 March 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 93

Added possibility to select and setup several systems of decan and degree rulers. See "Chart settings", "Data" tab (the "Degree Overview" group removed to the "Misc.3" tab). Attention: the "Almuten Figuris" option not compatible with "Avesta" system of decan rulers. If the error message occures when ZET started, click "No" button, restart ZET and set these options properly.
Added "ZET News Files" function (under the "Help" button), allows to view off-line the history of ZET updates. The News File updated autonatically according with ZET updates.
[Pro] Elaborated the "Evaluation of Geo" function: the astrocartography enabled.
[Pro] Fixed bug, occures in case of locating databases out of ZET folder.
[Pro] Fixed bug: if the Return of Planet function established, and open the "Evant data" or "Selector", then the chart type does not selected.

17 March 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 91

[Pro] For ZET Pro users enabled Geo functions during 30 evaluation sessions. The session switched on by "Evaluation of Geo" item of "Help" menu and switched off with ZET exit.
Fixed minor bug of "Cosmos" tableau.
Fixed bug of the autoupdate server.

15 March 2007

Upgrade of Time Zone Tables, concerning: "Starting in 2007, the United States and Canada will start Daylight Saving Time (DST) on the second Sunday of March and end on the first Sunday of November." http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/us-daylight-saving-extended.html

10 March 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 90

[Geo] Uploaded new distribution kit of topographical map (painted lakes, added sea dephs). Accordingly changed manual of installation of the map. Note: If you just installed a topographical map and have no problem, then no need to download and install it again.
[Pro] Realized the "Local Space Map" function as a variant of the Local Space Astrology for nearest surroundings, e.g. apartment, city, and so on. The function bases at the image of an apartment's draft (or city map). See User's Guide on-line, Astrocartography chapter.
Elaborated the Position/Speed Diagram: added "current time in the middle of calculation interval" option, displayd the current time mark with context hint.
Fixed bug of the Position/Speed Diagram: if the program was exit with opened diagram's window, then when next ZET start the pending occures.
Fixed bug of relocation to a place with unknown timezone.
[Pro] Fixed bug: fail in creating prognosis for 10 years of HTML format.
Fixed bug: fail when invoke a path selection window in case of time dynamics.
[Pro] Fixed bug: when HTML synastry interpretation, then always displyied astrologer's sign, independently of settings.
[Pro] Fixed bug: fail when some incorrect user's operations in a dialog of autoupdate.

4 March 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 89

"Ingression of Planets" function (Tables, Astrological Tables): Realized possibility to select any set of planets for calculation. Fixed bug of skiping loops of True Node movement.
Optimized the "Auto-adjust width" function (horizontal offset of planet's table on a chart) for eliminate delays while time dynamics.
Fixed bug: now enabled the input of minus sign for value of factor in the Orb Table. It used in Kefer's affetic.
Fixed bug of time recalculation when relocation.
Fixed bug of previouse release, leads e.g. to incorrect time of Solar returns and eclipses.

25 February 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 88

Recognition of inderect reception, e.g. Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Leo, Jupiter in Cancer. Recognized any length reception chain by rulership or exaltation. See "Allow indirect reception" flag (Chart Settings, Format).
Horary Chart: realized two variants of planets transposition function (move to other sign with same degree):
1) [Pro] transposition by popup menu of reception chain on a chart,
2) manuallly: catch by mouse a planet's glyph on a chart wheel, move to desired sign, release mouse.
The function "Cancel Transposition of Planets" exists in popup menu of planet and also realized by mouse click to appropriate field of status bar.
Arabic Parts: added possibility to use the planets rotation (equator) poles, e.g. NP.JU - north node of Jupiter, SP.ME - south node of Mercury.
Restored the "Statictic Table" function (under "Tables" button).
Minor elaborations of Aspect Diagram (under Tools button), "Utilize Coordinates" and "Use Place for relocation" functions (geographical map).
Other minor elaborations.

11 February 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 87

[Pro] The Aspect Diagram: now when choose a file of saved diagram, the current settings not changed. When choose a file, immediatelly opens an aspect diagram. Allowed to multiselect files, at that will open several appropriate diagrams at the same time.
[Pro] Added "Path of folders and files" option (Settings). Purpose: possibility to use the same files by several ZET's installations, possibility to locate files to any data medium, including confidentional files to removable disk or flash memory.
The "Aspects List" function (Tables), "Planet-Asteroids Aspects", -- added several sorting modes.
[Pro] Added possibility to specify custom header's tags for HTML document (only for advanced users), allows e.g. to specity a character set for national language. See LANGUAGE\[English]\tags.txt (if absent, it created automatically with default data when first run an unterpretation).
Added possibility to select one of 3 variants of Via Combusta. See Chart Settings, Misc(3).
Fixed bug of displaying Moon Void Of Course in case of aspects absence during full sign.
[Pro] Fixed bug of displaying of aspect's interpretation from aspect diagram in case when opened more then one diagrams windows.
[Pro] The Period Forecast in HTML with diagram: fixed bug of brunch by link from diagram's aspect on appropriate citation of text in case of several same aspects.
[Pro] The Aspect Diagram, the "Save as HTML with MAP-segments" function: fixed bug of displaying in HTML-document the hints for planets in signs.
Fixed bug: does not considered some kinds of texts of "Planets in Midpoints" theme while interpretation.
Other minor elaborations.

28 January 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 86

Uploaded the Database of famous persons with photos, sorted by rising sign. See "Additional files" chapter of Downloads page.
Uploaded the packets of cumulative updates for old releases of ZET 8.
The Autoupdate Wizard: added the authenticaton parameters to connection settings of proxy-server.
Restored the local time recalculation when relocation.
Other minor elaborations.

20 January 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 85

Elaborated the "Search of Event" function. Now the result displayed as a diagram of time intervals of events occurence.
[Pro] Trutina Hermetis: added displaying of prenatal Moon's phase.
Fixed bug of displaying of night shadow at a geographical map.
Other minor elaborations.

14 January 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 84

[Geo] Fixed some defects of geograpfical map.
Fixed bug of displaying aspects to house cusp at Aspect Diagram [Pro] and Aspect List [Lite].
Other minor elaborations.

7 January 2007. Upgrade ZET 8, release 83

Elaborated "Moon Void" (Void of Course) functions:
- added a "Moon Void" calendar (see Tables, Astrological Tables),

- [Pro] displaying "Moon Void" intervals in the Aspect Diagram (mode: transit or mundane aspects, perion: 3 days or 1 month),

- [Pro] when display the "Moon Void" period on a chart, now consider a "Septener Only" option not from chart settings, but from "Moon Void Calendar" window (or "Mundane aspects of the Moon").

Note: to automatic calculate Moon Void periods for required months, should be specified an appropriate mundane aspects calculation date range. See Chart Settings, Wheel, "Setup" button (Moon Void).
[Pro] Elaborated functions of Aspect Diagram: "Planets in Houses" and "Planets in Signs".
Enabled "Avestian Affetic" functions for ZET English version.
Fixed some minor bugs.

The archive of news 2006 and oldest see here.