Editing Place Details

>> To edit the details of an existing place record

1.Select the required place from the list box

2.Edit Place Name - up to 20 characters may be entered to describe the location name. Typically this would be city name or city name and state (e.g. "Adelaide" or "Adelaide SA".).

3.Edit Country - up to 20 characters may be entered to describe the country (e.g. "Australia").

4.Select either the Zone button or the Table button - selecting the "Zone" button will display a dialog box which allows the selection of a fixed time zone from a database. This is described in detail on Entering Time Zones Using this button will cause data to be entered automatically into the time zone box. Selecting the "Table" button will display the “TimeZone Table” dialog which allows a time zone table to be selected or edited for the current location. See Using Solar Writer Timezone Tables for instructions on using the timezone tables. If a table is selected, then Solar Writer will use that table to find the correct timezone applicable to any location that you look up in the database.

5.Enter a Time Zone - time zone may be entered as a standard mnemonic or as a time. If the format is not acceptable then an error dialog box will be displayed. See Entering Time Zones for details on acceptable formats.

6.Enter a Latitude - enter the location latitude in an acceptable format. If the format is not acceptable then an error dialog box will be displayed. Acceptable formats are described in detail on Entering Latitudes and Longitudes.

7.Enter a Longitude - enter the location longitude in an acceptable format. If the format is not acceptable then an error dialog box will be displayed. Acceptable formats are described in detail on Entering Latitudes and Longitudes.

8.Finally, click the Replace Current button - the changes will be saved permanently, and the record will be moved to its appropriate place in the database file according to the currently selected sort order.