Corrupted files can stop projects.
Will it happen to your project?
SafetyCheck reports whether any corruptions or glitches were found the last time FileFixer™ was run on a MicroStation design file or cell library. If FileFixer didn't find any corruption, that file is considered to have the "FileFixer Seal-of-Approval." If, on the other hand, FileFixer found corruption the last time it was run on that file, SafetyCheck reports the types of errors that were found.
SafetyCheck is distributed by Axiom International at no charge to qualified MicroStation users whether they own FileFixer or not. To receive your free copy of SafetyCheck just download it from the bottom of this page.
The FileFixer Seal-of-Approval is like a wax seal
A wax seal is sometimes placed on an envelope containing legal documents. As long as the seal remains unbroken, one knows that the envelope has not been opened and that its contents have not been modified.
The FileFixer Seal-of-Approval works the same way. When FileFixer is done testing a design file or cell library, it writes a special code immediately following the file's End-Of-Design marker. As long as no new elements are added to the file, the seal remains undisturbed. But when new elements are added to the design file, the seal is overwritten.
SafetyCheck reports the presence or absence of the seal. If the seal is present and shows zero errors, this design file merits the FileFixer Seal-of-Approval. That file is likely to behave civilly, likely to translate to AutoCAD gracefully and unlikely to become corrupt or have plotting problems.
If the seal is present, but indicates that FileFixer found errors when it was run on this file, SafetyCheck tells you about the errors that were found.
If SafetyCheck reports that the seal is absent, you know that the person who sent you this file either didn't run FileFixer on it or that the file was modified after they did. You can then take your own measures to ensure that the file is properly validated.
How to test SafetyCheck
Run FileFixer in Search Mode on any design file.
Then run SafetyCheck on the same design file. SafetyCheck will either verify that FileFixer previously found no errors or it will report a summary of the errors that FileFixer found.
Then add an element, say an ellipse, to the design file. Doing so overwrites the wax seal FileFixer put at the end of the file.
Run SafetyCheck again. SafetyCheck will now report that no seal could be found.
What SafetyCheck is used for?
More and more organizations are insisting that outside contractors who create design files for them submit only design files that have been validated by FileFixer. SafetyCheck makes it possible to quickly verify that the design files you receive have been properly validated without having to run FileFixer again on the same set of design files.
SafetyCheck is also useful when archiving design files. Let's say a design file is archived to magnetic media with a zero-error Seal-of-Approval. A year later the file is retrieved and is now found to have certain corruptions in it. The presence of the seal in the file indicates that the file was okay when it was archived and that any flaw in the file was introduced later — the result of a flawed read head in the tape drive, perhaps. The person who originally did the archiving is thus vindicated from any accusation of having archived a corrupted file.
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