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Hi- > Institution: Advanced Weather Information Systems Laboratory > Package Version: 2.2 build date:2007-05-14 07:04 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware Information: Java: home: C:\\Program Files\\IDV_2.2\\jre version: > 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > Inquiry: An error has occurred: > Creating display: RHI > adding a container to a container on a different GraphicsDevice Right now, we do not support multi-headed displays very well. If you keep the Dashboard on the primary window, you can avoid this error. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: adding a container to a container on a > different GraphicsDevice > at java.awt.Component.checkGD(Component.java:858) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Container.java:1091) > at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:1015) > at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:364) > at ucar.unidata.util.GuiUtils$CardLayoutPanel.add(GuiUtils.java:6479) > at ucar.unidata.util.GuiUtils$CardLayoutPanel.addCard(GuiUtils.java:6465) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanel$VMInfo.addControlInfo(ViewPanel.java:795) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanel$ControlInfo.<init>(ViewPanel.java:980) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanel.addControlTab(ViewPanel.java:295) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanel.addDisplayControl(ViewPanel.java:202) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.addDisplayControl(IdvUIManager.java:3873) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.addDisplayControl(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1207) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:946) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:948) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:875) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CHJ-807077 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open