KW> Robert Pearson wrote in a message to Kurt Weiske:

 RP>      BTW:  I use MA'AM, but the latest copy I have doesn't handle
 RP> the Maximus 3.x msgarea.ctl file (only the Max 2.x version).  I've
 RP> thought about upgrading to Max 3.01, but really don't want to
 RP> manage my msgarea.ctl file manually.  Is a newer version of MA'AM
 RP> (that handles the newer control file structures) available
 RP> somewhere (and if so where)?

 KW> Unfortunately, not. Apparently, the writer gave out the 
 KW> source code and hung it up a while ago. I was hedging 
 KW> upgrading to 3.01 based on the need for an automatic 
 KW> updater like MA'AM, but I bit the bullet and upgraded, 
 KW> and it's not hard, once you get the hang of it.

 KW> Just use a cut-n-paste editor that lets you open up 
 KW> multiple files, like QEDIT. Open squish.cfg, 
 KW> backbone.na, and msgarea.ctl, and cut and paste between 
 KW> them. It works nicely for me, and I hardly miss MA'AM.

 KW> SEAL may also be able to create msgarea.ctl files - 
 KW> 0.40 apparently will be upgraded soon, one would hope 
 KW> it might support the 3.0 structures? 

        Another neat trick is to have SEAL generate the 2.x *.ctl files and
cut and paste them into the 3.x files, making the minor modifications
needed to make them compatible.  The filearea.ctl statements are nearly
identical.  I also use global find and replace on the SEAL generated files
to make them 3.x compatible quicker if I have to edit large numbers of
areas.

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