Interpretations Compiler
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You can easily edit any interpretations in Solar Fire by using the supplied "Interpretations Editor" program (see Editing Interpretations). However, on occasion you may wish to decompile an interpretations file into a text file so that you can work on it in a word processor or text editing program.
There are three main reasons why you may wish to use the compilation options...
a)If you have created text files for an earlier version of Solar Fire, you may still want to compile them. If you have written new interpretations for this version you will have to compile them to be able to use them.
b)If you wish to do any work on the entire set of text in bulk, for example, to make global editing changes, or to spell check the entire text, then you will need to decompile them first, work on the decompiled file in your word processor, and then recompile them. In this case you will eventually need to recompile the text file so that the interpretations can be used in Solar Fire.
c)If you wish to create your own interpretations for a Solar Fire interpretation category from scratch. In this case you will have to create a new text file with your interpretations in it, then compile the text file into an interpretations file that can be used in Solar Fire.
The "Interpretation Compiler" allows you to edit all interpretation text files for a project individually, and assembles and compiles all the input text into a single, compact "direct-access" file, from which Solar Fire is able to access any text item almost instantaneously.
Once you have successfully run the Interpretations Compiler, you will be able to access your interpretations in Solar Fire by selecting the file you have created to be the current Interpretations File for one or more interpretation categories, via the "File Manager".