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ZASP Utility for ZET 8 version 2================================

ZASP is an external utility program which sorts and creates HTMLformatted aspects lists for Astroprocessor ZET 8. At present ZETcalls ZASP transparently to create sorted aspects lists (this maychange), so unless you want to know more about ZASP, e.g. becauseyou have a special requirement, you do not need to read this document.

NEW IN VERSION 2: CSS styles sheet (zasp.css) allows formatting to becustomized.

Usage:-----

ZASP [ -s0 | -s1 | -s2 ] [-1 | -2] [-a][]

where:

-sNoptional sort key. Currently supported keys are: 0 - by planet,1 - by orb value, 2 - by aspect name. Omitting this parameter is

equivalent to -s0.-1

forces single chart type sorting (optional).

-2forces dual chart type sorting (optional).

-aoptional list of keys for sorting in aspect-name order. Thisoption is utilized only with the -s2 option.

optional plain text file of aspects created by ZET 8. If thisoption is missing the file [ZET]\Wrk\Aspects.txt is assumed.

Notes:-----

1. The input file is by default assumed to be "[ZET]\Wrk\Aspects.txt".Any file (in compatible format) can be sorted by including itsname as the last item in the command line.

2. The output file is by default "[ZET]\Wrk\Aspects.html". If an inputfile name was specified, the output file has the same name but with

the extension ".html", and is written to the input file folder.

3. A log file "zasp.log" is written to the [ZET] directory. If ZASPseems to be misbehaving, examine this file to see if it is findingthe correct input file(s), etc.

4. Version 2 of ZASP uses a simple Cascading Style Sheet specificationfor formatting the output HTML document. This is the file "zasp.css".It should be kept in the same folder as the output from ZASP. You canedit this file as desired.

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5. The options -1 and -2 are used to force a view on the aspects list.

Astrological aspects may or may not form an ordered pair. In thecase of most dual type (prognostic) charts an aspect A()is an ordered pair, i.e. p1 refers to say a transiting planetand p2 to a natal planet, and the aspect p1-A-p2 is NOT the sameas p2-A-p1. In other cases (e.g. natal charts) the aspect A(p1, p2)does not form an ordered pair, and in these cases it is useful tolist all planets in aspect to another, e.g. for "Sun square Mars"to be handled as an attribute of both Sun and Mars when sortingby planet name.

As the list of aspects produced by ZET treats all aspects as ordered,ZASP infers whether the aspects are or are not ordered by examiningthe header of the input file, i.e. "Natal - Natal" implies unorderedaspects, and "Natal - Transit" and "Natal - any other chart type"implies ordered. If it considers them unordered, it generatesduplicates which are reversed. You can use these options to overridethis default behavior.

6. When sorting by aspect name, ZASP derives the sort order from ZET orbtable files (in the [ZET]\Aspects folder). When the aspects are inferredto be unordered (and with the -1 option) the orb table file used is

Natal.asp. If the aspects are inferred as ordered (and with the -2 option)the file used is Transit.asp. Any aspects not contained in the orbtable files are appended to the end of the aspect names sort orderas established from the orb table file.

You can make ZASP read a custom aspect name order file by includingits name in the -a option. The file name can be absolute or relative.

The format of this file is plain text file, with aspect names indescending order, one per line, and each line is terminated by asemi-colon character, e.g.

Conjunction;Parallel;Oppoisition

Contraparallel; :

7. The planet ordered sort utilizes the ZET "planets.txt" file in the[ZET]\Language\XXX\ folder. Aspecting bodies not mentioned in thisfile are appended to the end of this order.

8. Localization. ZASP is localized for Russian and English users, alongthe lines of ZET. The UI language is discovered from "zetstart.log",thus if this file does not exist (very unlikely) ZASP processing may

be incorrect. Other localizations on request.

Independent operation---------------------

1 Create a shortcut on the Windows Desktop to "zasp.exe" in theZET folder.

2 Right-click the shortcut, select Properties.

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3 Select the Shortcut tab, click "Change icon". In the Change Icon dialog, Browse to the ZET folder, select "zasp.ico", and click "OK".4 In the Target field, enter the required command line paramters

(inside the quotation characters).5 In the Shortcut tab, select "Minimized" in the Run listbox.6 Click "OK" to close the dialogs.7 To run ZASP, double-click the Desktop shortcut.

History-------v1.0 Initial release for Russian and English users of ZET 7.v2.0 Updated for ZET 8.

Adrian Orlowskisunzoomsprk@yahoo.co.uk