Release of version 4.0 on 26.4.15
3.7 Build 99 - 8.4.14
Maintenance Release
Import and export of Quick*Chart files (thank you, Hank Friedman, for support)
Improved access to group module
Italian Tutorial and Sabians (thanks, Emanuele Verginelli!)
Support for Macedonian atlas with special cyrillic characters (1.6.14)
Swiss Ephemeris upgraded to version 2.00
3D Graphics library updated
3.7 Build 98 - 15.2.13
Support for Windows 8 including Intel based Windows 8 tablets
New atlas format based on SQLite
Bug fix (Not decoding Unicode when reading first names from AAF files - 14.4.13)
Bug fix (Dragging a planet interpreted also as gesture - 12.3.13)
Bug fix (Again: problems with some date formats not being recognized properly - 12.10.13)
Bug fix (In some rare cases there were problems with the Snow skin - 20.10.13)
Bug fix (Improved accuracy determining the dates of entry into orb for transits - 1.1.14)
Swiss Ephemeris library updated (5.5.13)
Minor Tweaks
3.6 Build 97 - 23.8.12
Maintenance Release
Bug fix (Problems with date formats not being recognized properly)
Bug fix (Small glitch when calculating planetary phases - 28.12.12)
Swiss Ephemeris library updated (8.11.12)
Code ported to Delphi XE3 (23.12.12)
3.6 Build 96 - 1.1.11
Declinations, including planets being Out Of Bounds
New default layout for action buttons
Quick link to Windows Explorer from the Search tab to facilitate deleting charts (20.4.12)
Bug fix (Program crashes occasionally when calculating transits over progressed planets)
Bug fix (Relative speeds of Mercury and Venus not calculated properly - 18.6.11)
Bug fix (Saving chart names with spaces at the end may produce errors when reloading the chart - 7.9.11)
Bug fix (Sidereal houses not computed correctly - 3.12.11)
Bug fix (On very rare occasions, program crashes when calculating Jupiter transits - 4.12.11)
Bug fix (Problems with correct date format on some newer localized Windows versions - 1.1.12)
Swiss Ephemeris library updated (18.6.11)
Tutorial updated
3.5 Build 95 - 27.1.10
Draw aspects between selected planets only in any chart
Copy chart graphics to the clipboard for use in other programs
Sidereal zodiac (Ayanamsha: Fagan/Bradley - 13.2.10)
Unicode support (including UTF8 within AAF files)
Russian language pack (thanks to Arsenij Markeev) and atlas
Norwegian language pack (thanks to FreewareTips Astro - 30.1.10)
Bug fix (Some mundane transits not found)
Bug fix (Program crashes occasionally when showing transit details)
New Skin: "Snow" (Leopard), replacing the old Gradic
GUI library and Installer updated to increase compatibility with Windows 7 (2.10.10)
Swiss Ephemeris library updated
Code ported to Delphi 2010
What Watch is now Free Software under GNU General Public License v3
3.4 Build 94 - 10.4.09
Davison relationship charts ("Kombin" in German)
Spanish language pack (thanks to Catalina Alicia Ferraiuolo)
Improvements for composites (incl. synastry with other charts)
Improved support for netbooks and 1024x600 screen resolution
Improved handling of storing events
3.3 Build 93 - 31.12.08
Maintenance Release
Italian language pack (thanks to Gianluca Storani - 15.1.09)
Support for 1024x600 screen resolution
Bug fix (Minor error in calculation of station details - 4.1.09)
Library used for update notification updated (4.1.09)
Bibliography updated
3.3 Build 92 - 30.12.07
Drag a planet with the mouse to any position in the wheel: the date will be
recalculated, and the other planets will follow
Move the chart time easily by one month, day, hour or minute
Maintenance Release for Windows Vista. If you use Vista, please upgrade to this version
Bug fix (Transits over progressed planets sometimes not shown after stations)
Bug fix (Dragging a planet does not work correctly on charts with unknown birthtime - 7.2.08)
Bug fix (Planets at times drawn over each other in the wheel - 10.3.08)
Bug fix (Directed MC not shown properly - 13.2.08)
Bug fix (Vista only: exit full screen mode in the Geography module does not work - 26.10.08)
Bug fix (Program may not start with Windows 98 - 20.1.08)
Swiss Ephemeris library updated
3.2 Build 91 - 6.5.07
Save charts for events together with birth charts
Better handling of organisations' or companies' charts (10.6.07)
More details for stations (19.11.07)
Aspect lines for Chiron and the Nodes only drawn with minor planets (12.7.07)
Double-clicking on AAF-files in Windows Explorer now opens the file in What Watch (27.5.07)
No need to install fonts when running What Watch from a USB stick (3.6.07)
Detail improvements for Windows Vista (14.10.07)
Bug fix (Improved stability for AAF import)
Bug fix (Vista only: showing details in transit lists might lead to a crash - 25.11.07)
GUI library updated (fixes a layout problem when using Windows Vista) (14.10.07)
3.1 Build 90 - 29.12.06
Maintenance Release
Dutch language pack (thanks to Paul Stoffer and Marieke Pannekeet, updated 7.3.07)
Improved behaviour of transit lists (25.3.07)
Support for half an hour DST (+0:30) and other oddities in Uruguay
Improved rendering of moon phases (6.1.07)
Better transit lists for Venus cycles (11.4.07)
Transit lists also for slower progressions (11.4.07)
Some fixes to make it easier to run What Watch from a USB stick (20.4.07)
Cleartype support for Windows Vista and XP (7.1.07)
Setup improvements for Windows Vista (14.4.07)
Graphics libraries updated (6.1.07)
3.1 Build 89 - 14.8.06
Language Pack support
French language pack
AC and MC clickable in charts for aspects and midpoint trees (21.8.06)
Interpolated Lilith included (27.8.06)
New skin: Vista (19.8.06)
Bug fix (Error when saving charts using Porphyry and Equal houses)
Bug fix (Year numbers with two digits may cause problems - 20.8.06)
Bug fix (On very rare occasions, progr. MC transit lists crash - 30.9.06)
Swiss Ephemeris library updated (27.8.06)
3.1 Build 88 - 29.5.06
New font for planets and signs
Prominent display of moon phases
Improved support for East Asian versions of Windows
Sabian symbol for South Node (3.6.06)
Bug fix (Some squares not drawn in wheel - 18.7.06)
Bug fix (On very rare occasions, Jupiter transit lists crash - 18.7.06)
3.1 Build 87 - 30.4.06
Maintenance Release
Improved aspect lines in chart wheel (26.5.06)
Support for dates BCE: before the Christian era (12.5.06)
Better support for finding the correct date and time input formats
GUI library updated (12.5.06)
3.1 Build 86 - 10.1.06
GUI and usability improvements
Dates for 5° orb in transit lists (16.4.06)
Bug fix (Progr. AC/MC not printed in synastry)
Bug fix (Some trines not shown in wheels - 21.2.06)
Bug fix (Julian calender not always used before 1582 - 18.3.06)
Bug fix (Synastry planets sometimes shown when synastry is switched off - 24.3.06)
Graphics libraries updated (18.3.06)
3.0 Build 85 - 29.12.05
Improved handling of transits, progressions and directions in the chart wheel
Colored zodiac wheel (optional)
Copy to clipboard button for transit lists
Improved support for Mercury cycles (30.12.05)
Easier access to transit lists via right mouse click in the chart (1.1.06)
3.0 Build 84 - 10.12.05
Maintenance Release
Progressed AC/MC now calculated by interpolating positions between progressed birthdays, available
in wheels and transit lists
Support for some strange Canadian time zone rules – 24.12.05
Bug fix (Atlas not useable under Windows 95, 98 and ME – 18.12.05)
Bug fix (Time zones west of Greenwich and with values other than whole hours, like -4:30, are not
loaded correctly – 18.12.05)
Bug fix (Transit lists of progressed AC/MC might crash – 18.12.05)
Bug fix (In transit lists for equal houses, progressed MC confounded with 10th house – 18.12.05)
Bug fix (Synastry planets not printed – 20.12.05)
Bug fix (Update to build 84 not recognized by update notification – 25.12.05)
3.0 Build 83 - 22.11.05
Atlas and time zones
Equal and Porphyry houses (26.11.05)
Analysis module: Search for house positions (4.12.05)
Bug fix (MC not shown when using equal houses – 3.12.05)