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Hi Randy- > Full Name: r. alliss > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: ng-tasc > Package Version: 2.5b2 build date:2008-05-07 07:05 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Home version: > 1.5.0_13 j3d:1.3.1 > Description of problem: Creating display: Color-Shaded Vertical Cross Section > adding a container to a container on a different GraphicsDevice This is a problem with a multi-headed display. The IDV does not support multi-headed displays very well at this point. You'll need to have the dashboard on the same monitor that you started it on for the cross section to work since the cross section gets put into the dashboard. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: adding a container to a container on a > different GraphicsDevice > at java.awt.Component.checkGD(Component.java:860) > 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.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$CardLayoutPanel.add(GuiUtils.java:5382) > at ucar.unidata.util.GuiUtils$CardLayoutPanel.addCard(GuiUtils.java:5367) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanelImpl$VMInfo.addControlInfo(ViewPanelImpl.java:1017) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanelImpl$ControlInfo.<init>(ViewPanelImpl.java:1210) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanelImpl.addControlTab(ViewPanelImpl.java:413) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ViewPanelImpl.addDisplayControl(ViewPanelImpl.java:288) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.addDisplayControl(IdvUIManager.java:4375) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.addDisplayControl(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1293) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:996) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:951) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:876) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1018) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SSS-119764 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open