As most of you PCB Sysops know, the PCB message base functions in
 Allfix are still broke.  The bugs are not only in the index, but also
 in the message base header and the actual message.  PCBAFFIX.EXE is my
 attempt to fix this without destroying your setup in Allfix.
 PCBAFFIX.EXE will rebuild the *.IDX file based on the actual message
 base.  It will also correct the message base header and the message
 headers.  I have tested it on several versions of a corrupted message
 base and is appears to be working.  I will, however, not be held
 responsible for any lose of data as the result of using PCBAFFIX.

  The call is: PCBAFFIX <path and name of the MSGS file>.
 Ex. PCBAFFIX C:\MSGS\NEWFILES\NEWFILES

  Let me know about any problems ASAP.  Just in case, make a backup of
 the message base and the *.IDX file before running PCBAFFIX.  The
 message base is written to and the *.IDX file is overwritten.  Note:
 file sharing is not use.  Also note that if the message base has been
 written to by another program between the running of Allfix and the
 running of PCBAFFIX, the results are unpredictable.

  I have sent a copy of the source code of this program to Harald Harms
 in an attempt to let him see what is happening.  Maybe a patch to
 Allfix 3.42 will be out soon!

Dave Blagburn
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