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> Full Name: abd > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: home > Package Version: 2.9 build date:2010-05-27 15:48 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.9\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: > > There was an error loading the data: > > Error creating data source:dods.grid with: C:\Documents and > Settings\abood\Desktop\00 z ?????? > Grid data source failed making data set: C:\Documents and > Settings\abood\Desktop\00 z ?????? > Cant read C:/Documents and Settings/abood/Desktop/00 z ??????: not a valid > CDM file. The file you were trying to open in the IDV is not supported, if you can provide a detail description of this dataset, I might be able to help you to figure out the solution. Yuan > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Cant read C:/Documents and Settings/abood/Desktop/00 z > ??????: not a valid CDM file. > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:759) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:403) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:692) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:434) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:527) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:103) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:89) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1106) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1128) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:490) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1564) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1998) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1915) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1849) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1691) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1623) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.doOpenInThread(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2854) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.doOpen(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2794) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.doOpen(IntegratedDataViewer.java:2864) > 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 org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(Unknown Source) > at org.python.core.PyMethod.__call__(Unknown Source) > at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(Unknown Source) > at org.python.core.PyInstance.invoke(Unknown Source) > at org.python.pycode._pyx64.f$0(<string>:1) > at org.python.pycode._pyx64.call_function(<string>) > at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(Unknown Source) > at org.python.core.PyCode.call(Unknown Source) > at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Unknown Source) > at org.python.core.Py.exec(Unknown Source) > at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.exec(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.idv.JythonManager.evaluateTrusted(JythonManager.java:1508) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleFileOrUrlAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1559) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1659) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1623) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.actionPerformed(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1706) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.processAction(XmlUi.java:2937) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.actionPerformedInner(XmlUi.java:2721) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.access$000(XmlUi.java:76) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi$4.run(XmlUi.java:2674) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1089) > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZUG-461547 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed