Opening a Chart File

You may open any chart file (of type Solar Fire v3 to v9 format) which exists on your computer or on a diskette. These chart files may have been created by i) Solar Maps (v1 or later), ii) Solar Fire (v3 or later), or iii) The Chart Import Utility.

To use charts which are not already in Solar Fire v3-v9 format, you must use the Chart Import Utility first. See Converting Chart Files for further information on this.

If you already have the Solar Fire program installed on your computer, then it is not necessary to open a chart file unless you wish to select a chart which is not a retained or currently calculated chart in Solar Fire.

>> To open a chart file

Select “Open Chart File...“ from the “Chart“ menu.

This will display the “Select Chart File to Open” dialog box, displaying a list of chart files from which you can choose.

Note that when you click on a file name, a description of the file appears in the box along the bottom of the window.

All of the charts are initially stored in Solar Maps USERDATA directory, but if necessary, you can choose a different disk drive by selecting an item from the drop-down list of drive names, and look in a different directory by double-clicking on directory names in the directory list box on the left. For example, you may wish to select the A: drive if you want to open a chart file which is stored on a diskette.

After you open a chart file, you will be prompted to select a chart from within that file to display.