Comets/Minor Planets
Web Download
TheSky5 fix
Software Bisque strongly recommends
backing up the Registry BEFORE making any changes!
NOTE: TheSky 6 users need not be
concerned with this.
Just get the
latest HotFix to TheSky6. First time users must create their own
account to download files!
WARNING! If you are not
careful performing this action you can cause irreversible damage to the
system. ALWAYS, again, ALWAYS backup the Registry BEFORE making
any changes just in case. I cannot stress this enough.
To backup the Registry use
File | Export and give it a name. Using a date in the filename
each time you make changes will help you track changes.
To access the Registry
needed to create the new "KEY" named URL use Start | Run and enter "REGEDIT" without the
quotes in the Open: line and press OK. See below.
Windows Regedit
To access the Registry Editor
The Registry Editor
Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER - Expand Software then Expand Software Bisque and
finally Expand TheSky. You
will not see the KEY named URL needed for the fix. You must create the
new KEY called URL. When this is created it will be at the very end of
the list! See below!
NOTE:
MAKE SURE you are creating the new URL key under TheSky heading, no
where else!
Make sure TheSky is
highlighted
Before making the NEW KEY
Now under TheSky use Edit
| New | Key as shown below.
Edit | New | Key
Name the new KEY "URL" without quotes!
HINT: You can also
use RIGHT MOUSE Click on TheSky and select New | Key from there!
Here is what the new EMPTY
key looks like.
New KEY named URL
under TheSky!
New KEY named URL has been created
Almost there!
New String Value
under new KEY named URL
Make sure you are on new KEY URL first!
New String Value
"Observable Comets"
Under KEY URL
HINT: You can also
use RIGHT MOUSE Click on URL and select New String Value from there!
Now double mouse click the
OBSERVABLE COMETS String Value to EDIT the String.
Edit new string value
Observable Comets
Enter URL here
HINT: Just
highlight the following URL with a mouse left button down drag then
RIGHT MOUSE Click and choose Edit | Copy
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft06Cmt.txt
Then just RIGHT MOUSE
Click and Edit | Paste the text into the Edit String dialog. Easier than
typing it and less prone to syntax errors.
Done! This is how it
looks. The comets can now be downloaded via the web.
The new "KEY" "URL" under
TheSky. Under "URL" a new STRING VALUE called "Observable Comets" and
the correct URL for the download
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft06Cmt.txt
To fix the links for the
Distant, Critical and Unusual Minor Planets the procedure is the same!
Make the following NEW
String Values under key named URL you already created.
The corresponding links
are as follows,
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/CritList/Soft06CritList.txt
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Distant/Soft06Distant.txt
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides//Unusual/Soft06Unusual.txt
Again, just Edit | Copy then Edit Paste
the proper url's into their respective keys. Voila! See below.
This is exactly how it
looks in the end!
Ready to check!
Exit the registry saving
the changes and you
are done.
Hint:
To test a link just edit paste it into
your web browser. If the link doesn't work there it won't in TheSky!
Change accordingly till you get it right. Better yet Edit Copy and Edit
Paste my tested links above!
Here is the procedure.
Right Mouse Click the
entry named TheSky under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Software
Bisque. Choose the option "New Key" from the menu. Name the
new key "URL".
Right Mouse Click on the "URL" newly created key and choose the option New String Value
from the menu. Type in "Observable Comets" no quotes. Double left mouse click on
Observable Comets and Edit | Paste the url from below,
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft06Cmt.txt
Should take no longer then
about 5 minutes!
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