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> Full Name: smguru > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CSIRO > Package Version: 2.9u3 build date:2011-01-14 00:05 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/sguru/IDV_2.9u3/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:file.pointtext with: > /home/sguru/Downloads/SS2011_E01_VOYAGE.csv > Making grid parameters > TextAdapter: MathType badly formed or missing: ((index)->()) > > ****************** > Stack trace: Hi, The error message tells me either the point csv data is not well formed or you may miss a few steps to create the display, could you provide a little details of what you were doing and may be attache a small sample file? Yuan > visad.VisADException: TextAdapter: MathType badly formed or missing: > ((index)->()) > at visad.data.text.TextAdapter.readit(TextAdapter.java:693) > at visad.data.text.TextAdapter.<init>(TextAdapter.java:281) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.makeObs(TextPointDataSource.java:633) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.makeObs(TextPointDataSource.java:479) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.getSample(TextPointDataSource.java:2513) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(PointDataSource.java:932) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.doMakeDataChoices(TextPointDataSource.java:2521) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getDataChoices(DataSourceImpl.java:1844) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1561) > 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.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1822) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:656) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:525) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:547) > 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 ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1063) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NWY-506768 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open