Setting the Dates
There are two date settings in 'Transiting Aspects'. One for the birth date, and one for the date to show information on. Initially you cannot change the later setting because the option to use the phones clock is set. There is a checkbox further down the page that can change this, allowing you to set a custom date.

To begin editing a date, first make sure it is in the highlighted state, where the whole item appears with a green background, eg; 29-JUN-2008.

Now press 'select' to enter the editing state. You will notice that the highlighted area changes so that just the first part of the date, the first digit of the day of the month is now highlighted, eg; 29-JUN-2008.

The value can be changed by using the 'up' or 'down' keys.
The day of month can only be set to a valid number, so because there are 30 days in June, if you change the '2' in the example to a '3' (by pressing the 'up' key), the '9' will be turned into a '0 so that the day becomes 30'. If you were to then change the '3' into a '0' (pressing 'up' again will do this), because you cannot have a day '00', the '00' will be made '01'.
You may find sometimes that in order to set the desired day, you will have to set the month or year first.

To change which part of the date you wish to edit, you can use the 'left' and 'right' keys. This changes which part of the date becomes highlighted;
29-JUN-2008
29-JUN-2008
29-JUN-2008
29-JUN-2008
29-JUN-2008
29-JUN-2008
Pressing 'left' when the first character is highlighted will move to the last digit of the year, and 'right' from there, will highlight the first digit of the day of the month. This wrapping effect is the same for all editable items.

When you have set the desired date, pressing the 'select' key returns to the state where the whole date is highlighted, allowing you to select another item. There is no need to do this if this is the only setting that you wish to change because selecting 'OK' from the menu will use whatever is displayed on this page for the next calculation and will begin the calculation. You may also use the 'Cancel' menu item to abort any settings changes and return to the last report that was generated.

There is a restriction placed on the year, so that you cannot set it to higher than 4000.

Setting the Times
As with the date, there are two time settings. The query time is, like the query date, also initially disabled and set to the phone clock. This can only be edited if the checkbox to use the phone time is unchecked.

Setting the time fields is similar to setting a date, with 'select' used to start and end the editing of them, 'left' and 'right' to highlight the different digits of the time, and 'up' and 'down' to change each digit.

Times are in the 24 hour clock format, so times can be set from 0:00 (midnight) to 23:59. Conversion of a time from the 12 hour clock is simply a case of adding 12 to the hour for times that are after mid day, eg: 7pm becomes 19, 7 + 12 = 19.

Setting the Time Zones
Each of the two times is accompanied by a time zone setting. This is to make sure that the calculations are done using GMT/UT for both times. Some people may find it easier to set the times using GMT, and ignore the time zone (leaving it at zero), others may prefer to work in local times, setting the time zones as appropriate. You are advised to pay attention to daylight saving. Normally this will add one hour to the time zone when in effect.

Both time zone fields are editable regardless of the state of the option to use the phone clock. Some phones allow their clock to be set using a time zone, in which case, the time displayed on this page for the query time when using the phone's clock will probably be the time at GMT/UT and so the time zone can be left at zero. Others (mostly older and the more basic of phones) will not have time zone information for their clocks, and will likely show your local time, so the time zone will have to be set here so that the time at GMT/UT can be worked out.

Time zones are set using the same methods outlined above: 'select' to begin and end, 'left' and 'right' to select a digit, 'up' and 'down' to change it.

'Transiting Aspects' allows any hour between -15 and +15 to be set, and will allow minutes of a quarter hour, half hour and three quarters of an hour. To set the minutes, the highlight can be moved beyond the second hour digit onto the fraction, or where none has been set, onto a blank space, eg; +10  

The 'use phone time' checkbox
This item tells the application whether to use the time that the phone is set to, or to use a manually set time. Its state can be changed by pressing the 'select' key when this item is highlighted. Also you can use 'left' and 'right' to change this item.

When checked (with an 'X' in the box), You cannot edit the query date or time, and they become set to whatever the phone's clock is. It is important to note that on some phones, the Greenwich Mean Time (or Universal Time) will be displayed here, and on others, it will be the local time. This is because not all phones allow for their clock to be set with a time zone. When this is the case, it is likely that the local time will be shown, and the time zone will have to be set so that the time at GMT can be used in the calculation.


Navigating the Results Pages
Our final section here describes what actions can be done on our results display.

There is one page for each of the aspects found during a calculation. This is indicated using an editable control that displays which page you are currently viewing as well as the total number of pages there are.
You can change pages to the next or previous page buy using the 'right' and 'left' navigation keys, or by setting the page number directly. To set the page, you have to press the 'select' key, and can then use the 'up' and 'down' controls to alter the digits, and 'left' and 'right' to move between digits. You must press the 'select' key again when you have chosen a page if you need to scroll it 'up' or 'down' (otherwise 'up' and 'down' will change the page instead of scrolling the display).

The trial version of this application is restricted to only show the interpretive information on the first two aspects. It will still show you the aspect and which two planets/bodies are aspected for all of them.

Registering the program
As a shareware product, this program will run in demonstration mode until user registration details are entered and verified via a connection with our website. In demonstration (or trial) mode, the software will have a number of uses limit imposed and will be functionally limited in a way that allows you to explore its features, but not enjoy their full use. The program will also display a reminder message that it is in trial mode. Registration keys can be purchased through our website, and will be emailed to you.

We have chosen to produce our software using the shareware model because we feel that the traditional method of buying a product and downloading it on a phone can be unreliable, and is problematic with regard to deletion due to phone reset, phone replacement, and copy protection.

Registration on the phone can be started by either selecting the 'Register' menu item on the reminder to register screen, or by following the menu sequence 'Help/About/Register'.

The registration screen allows you to provide an email address and registration code. The 'up' and 'Down' keys are used to highlight each of these fields, and the 'Select' key is used to begin the process of entering the actual information. This is done using you phone's own text input control. Once this information has been entered, you may then select 'Register' from the menu, which will initiate a verification of the registration information that you have entered with our website.

During verification the program will send the entered email address and keycode, which is then checked on our system. A code that has been generated from your phone IMEI number will also be sent. This code is stored by us and used to prevent the same registration information from being used on another phone. Because of this, you will need to 'unregister' the program on a phone in order to register it on another using the same email and keycode. The 'Unregister' menu item becomes available on the registration screen once the registration has been verified.

When the registration has been completed, another code and the formula used to generate the registration key is sent back to your phone. This information is then stored along with the email and key that you have entered, and the code that was generated from the IMEI. Each time you run the program, it will check that a matching key can be regenerated, and that the stored code from the IMEI is correct. If any of these processes fail, the program will revert to 'trial' mode.

An additional menu item has been provided on the registration screen that allows you to test that a phone can connect to our website and therefore verify registration. This item is the 'Updates' one. If your phone cannot connect, an error will be displayed. Otherwise you will be informed if a newer version of the program is available. Currently, we allow you to install an update and still register it with the same key. We recommend that you perform this check at least once (note that it may fail due to 'signal' problems) prior to buying a key from us.