Retaining Charts

This section describes how to retain or remove a selection of calculated charts to appear automatically in the list of "Calculated Charts" in subsequent Solar Fire sessions.

Retained charts are different from saved charts in that any types of calculated charts may be retained, whereas group composite charts may not be saved to file. Also, retained charts are stored with all the planetary positions pre-calculated, whereas charts saved to file must have their planetary positions re-calculated each time that the chart is opened. Retained charts use much more disk storage than saved charts - about 3000 bytes for each chart, whereas saved charts use only about 300 bytes. Typically it is useful to retain only a small number of charts that you like to work with frequently. Retaining a large number of charts uses a lot of space and clutters up the list of "Calculated Charts". For example, if you frequently work with your own and your partner’s charts, then you might like to retain both of your natal charts plus your composite chart, and perhaps also your current solar return charts.

>> To retain one or more charts for subsequent sessions of Solar Fire

1.From the Main Screen, select the required charts from the list of "Calculated Charts"

2.Select the Retain Chart/s option from the Chart menu

This will display a dialog box asking you to confirm whether or not you wish to retain the selected charts. If you select the OK button, then these charts will be added to the list of retained charts for subsequent sessions

>> To clear the retained charts

1.From the Main Screen, select the Clear Retained option from the Chart menu

This will display a dialog box asking you to confirm whether or not you wish to clear the selection of currently retained charts. If you select the OK button, then no charts will be retained for subsequent sessions.

Note that these options have no effect on the list of "Calculated Charts" during the current session. They only take effect when Solar Fire is next started up.