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SafetyCheck
Confirm
your design file are corruption-free!
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.
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more information »
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.
Call now!
For more information,
call 727-442-7774 extension 6806 in the United
States or e-mail
us.
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