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Hi- > Institution: Howard University > Package Version: 2.1 > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Program Files\\Java\\j2re1.4.2_08 > version: 1.4.2_08 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > Inquiry: An error has occurred: > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:netcdf.grid with: C:\Documents and > Settings\SWalford\Desktop\WRF\ARW\eta_nam_data\mget_ds6092_anal.tar > Grid data source failed making data set: C:\Documents and > Settings\SWalford\Desktop\WRF\ARW\eta_nam_data\mget_ds6092_anal.tar > C:\Documents and > Settings\SWalford\.metapps\DefaultIdv\tmp\nj22\C%3A%2FDocuments+and+Settings%2FSWalford%2FDesktop%2FWRF%2FARW%2Feta_nam_data%2Fmget_ds6092_anal.tar.gbx > (The system cannot find the path specified) There are two possible problems here: 1) the file looks like a TAR file and the IDV cannot look at the tar file. I'm just guessing that from the name. If this is a TAR file, you'll need to un-TAR it and then open the individual files. 2) I've run into a problem occassionally where the nj22 directory where we cache the grib index does not get created. Could you look to see if there is an nj22 directory in your C:\Documents and Settings\SWalford\.metapps\DefaultIdv\tmp\ directory? If not, try creating one and then try to open the file again. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Documents and > Settings\SWalford\.metapps\DefaultIdv\tmp\nj22\C%3A%2FDocuments+and+Settings%2FSWalford%2FDesktop%2FWRF%2FARW%2Feta_nam_data%2Fmget_ds6092_anal.tar.gbx > (The system cannot find the path specified) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) > at > ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.GribServiceProvider.writeIndex(GribServiceProvider.java:143) > at > ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.GribServiceProvider.getIndex(GribServiceProvider.java:129) > at ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.GribServiceProvider.open(GribServiceProvider.java:64) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.<init>(NetcdfFile.java:860) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:400) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:254) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openFile(NetcdfDataset.java:341) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:175) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:203) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:183) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDatasetCache.acquire(NetcdfDatasetCache.java:171) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:71) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.grid.GridDataset.factory(GridDataset.java:80) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:444) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:460) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(GeoGridDataSource.java:486) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1136) > at ucar.unidata.data.FilesDataSource.sourcesChanged(FilesDataSource.java:254) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.sourcesChanged(GeoGridDataSource.java:401) > at > ucar.unidata.data.FilesDataSource.initWithPollingInfo(FilesDataSource.java:209) > at > ucar.unidata.data.FilesDataSource.initAfterCreation(FilesDataSource.java:156) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:335) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1086) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1603) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1522) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1500) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1481) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:612) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.PollingFileChooser.doLoadInThread(PollingFileChooser.java:195) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$1.run(Misc.java:903) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:931) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NRB-446352 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open