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Hi Scott- You get the award for finding the first bug. ;-) > See attached. > > I am having similar issues with any satellite data in a bundle....no > problems with other data types (e.g. model, point data, etc). It was a problem when cache to disk is turned on for images. I just remade the release, so please try again. > Thanks and Merry Christmas! Same to you. Don > Unidata IDV Support said the following on 12/24/2008 1:16 PM: > > Hi Scott- > > > > > >> Full Name: Scott Stephens > >> Email Address: address@hidden > >> Organization: NOAA/NCDC > >> Package Version: 2.6 build date:2008-12-24 16:39 UTC > >> Operating System: Windows XP > >> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6 version: 1.6.0_11 > >> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > >> Description of problem: Initializing after unpersistence > >> Invalid version number - probably not an AREA file > >> > >> ----received this error after loading a GINI satellite file which was part > >> of a saved bundle. Thanks. > >> > > > > Can you send me the bundle? The "include bundle" option doesn't end up > > including > > what I need. If it's a favorite bundle, you can use the Display->Favorite > > Bundles->Manage > > menu, find the bundle in the tree, right click on it and select Export. > > Then > > attach it to the reply to this note. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Don > > > >> ****************** > >> Stack trace: > >> edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaFileException: Invalid version number - probably > >> not an AREA file > >> at edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaDirectory.<init>(AreaDirectory.java:245) > >> at > >> edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaDirectoryList.readDirectory(AreaDirectoryList.java:226) > >> at > >> edu.wisc.ssec.mcidas.AreaDirectoryList.<init>(AreaDirectoryList.java:136) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.imagery.ImageDataSource.makeImageSequence(ImageDataSource.java:1251) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.imagery.ImageDataSource.getDataInner(ImageDataSource.java:891) > >> at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2112) > >> at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > >> at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:633) > >> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239) > >> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203) > >> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:161) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:142) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.doMakeDataInstance(PlanViewControl.java:1225) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2949) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2931) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:512) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.ImagePlanViewControl.setData(ImagePlanViewControl.java:101) > >> at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:421) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1259) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:966) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1230) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1134) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.instantiateFromBundle(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3566) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.decodeXmlInner(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2996) > >> at > >> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$11.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2819) > >> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1038) > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: VRB-525594 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > -- > > *Scott E. Stephens* > > */Meteorologist/* > > Customer Services/Climate Monitoring > > NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center > > 151 Patton Avenue > > Asheville, NC 28801-5001 > > V: 828-271-4800 > > F: 828-271-4876 > > E-Mail: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden> > > http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring > > > > */ /* > > */ /* > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VRB-525594 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open