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[IDV #NCM-765925]: data type - lucky? not sure

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  • Subject: [IDV #NCM-765925]: data type - lucky? not sure
  • Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:53:17 -0600
Ethan-

> Full Name: Ethan Davis
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Unidata
> Package Version: 2.4b3 build date:2007-11-01 15:20 UTC
> Operating System: Windows XP
> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01 version: 1.6.0_01 
> j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12)
> Description of problem: I was trying to open a profile dataset (Uni point obs 
> convention). It didn't figure
> it out automatically so I was trying various data types. I would get the 
> message
> at the bottom of the window "Loading in data source: {data type I entered}" 
> but
> nothing after that. One type had an exception in the console but most types
> didn't have that either.

Can let us know some of the ones
that didn't do anything?  In the very end, if you use the
I'm Still Feeling Lucky, it will open as a generic netCDF file
through the VisAD adapter.
 
> I wasn't expecting to be able to open the file (no CDM support yet) but was
> surprised to get no response.
> 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/formats/examples/Profiler-ncss.nc

Don

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: NCM-765925
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open