Chart Search

>> To open the Chart Search dialog

•From the Main Screen, select the Chart Search item from the Chart menu

or...

•From the Chart Database dialog, click on the Find... button and select the Chart Search menu item.

This will display the Chart Search dialog, which initially displays the last selection criteria that you used.

You have three different options to determine which chart file(s) are searched...

•Current chart file – this option shows the name of the currently selected chart file. If selected, only this file will be searched.

•All Chart Files in \Solar Fire User Files\Charts folder – If selected, then all charts files in the Charts folder of Solar Fire will be searched.

•Selected Chart Files – If selected, then only those chart files listed immediately below will be searched. Note that you may select any chart files from any folders.

>> To add a new selected chart file to search

1.Click on the Add button.

2.If necessary, navigate to the folder in which the required chart file/s reside.

3.Highlight one (or more) chart files that you wish to add to the search.

Note: You can include multiple chart files at once by using the Mouse + Shift or Ctrl keys.

>> To remove a selected chart file from the search

1.Highlight the file that you wish to remove from the search.

2.Click on the Remove button.

>> To clear the list of chart files to search

•Click on the Clear button.

>> To select a radix chart to use in your search conditions

•Select any calculated chart from the Chart For Radix Positions drop-down list.

If you wish to use a chart which is not in this list, then you must first cast or open that chart, after which it will be available in this list for selection.

Note: Many searches do not involve radix positions, in which case the chart selected here is not relevant. However, if you do use a search condition that involves a condition including a radix chart position, then this is the chart that will be used.