Open and repair a file with RECOVER

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What do you do? If an audit report said it found six errors

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and fixed three or even worse, your file won't open at all.

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You do have another course of action you can take,

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it's called recover and you can use it in place of the open command.

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It will run an even deeper scan on your file, often fixing all of its problems.

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Let's close the file we're in without saving so that it still contains the errors.

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If you're in the start tab,

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you'll notice there is no recover option in

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either the pulldown or the thumbnail options.

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You'll have to go to the application menu.

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You'll see recover at the bottom

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hover over or click on the menu entry to expand the flyout menu

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there. You'll find recover.

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You can also type recover on the command line from any open file.

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Click on it to display the file selection dialogue just like the open command does

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select the 4-01 dash topo file that we were just using

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and click on the open button.

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The file will get audited and repaired prior to opening.

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When it completes its operation,

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an alert will be displayed explaining what errors.

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If any were found, how many were fixed and how many were erased.

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Close the alert to return to your drawing.

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You can choose not to see the alert again by clicking on the.

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Do not show me this message again. Check box.

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If you choose to do so,

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you can still see the results of the recover operation on the te screen.

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I'll press F two again to display it.