[guide-user] Re: Transferring files from Dance into Guide

Masaki Kouda Jan 11, 2000

Hi Pierre.

>By the way, if somebody develop such macro, post the information on
>this list.


This is good idea. At first, I made .etb file for lunar occultation by manual
editting.
I made Excel VBA macro to transfer REPORT file to .ETB file.
I put ETB.ZIP ( ETB.xls) on my site:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fp6m-kud/guide_e.htm

But DANCE's prediction file includes object closing, not only occulting.
(Uhhh, sorry, broken English...)
So now I use LOW (Lunar Occultation Workbench) software to make .ETB file.

Example1:( no command of Guide)
.ETB file from Dance's OC report file (LUN_JO00.ETB in latest guide7.zip)
| mm/dd/yy JST %SL Object Mag Lat & Long SAl OAl SepO(* means `occult`)
|01/16/2000 00:07 62+ xi 2Cet 4.3 41.6 64.0 -75 10 19
|01/22/2000 03:53 99- deltCnc 3.9 41.4 102.6 -35 41 7*

Example2:
.ETB file from LOW export file (tokyo.etb on my site,)
| yy/mm/dd hh:mm Event ZC mag Moon PA Al SAl Dist Object
|2000/01/17 24:31 DD 650 5.6 82%+ 83 31 -73 63 Tau
|2000/01/21 28:22 RD 1310 3.9 100%- 314 35 -29 47 Cnc;delta Cnc;DL
Cnc;Asellus

I already made Visual Basic program to transfer LOW export file to .ETB file,
but it's not generalized. If someone want to use it, please let me know.
I'll send or put on my site.

Masaki Kouda , Japan