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> Full Name: Don Murray > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CU/CIRES > Package Version: 3.0u1 build date:2011-10-05 16:30 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: > 1.6.0_26 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Yuan- > > If I start the IDV and load in a grid from disk (or from TDS) and I try to > use the Grids->Make flow vectors from u and v data in the formulas, I get: I just checked in the fixed. Yuan > > Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.DataSelectionWidget.updateSelectionTab(DataSelectionWidget.java:406) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.DataControlDialog.setDataChoice(DataControlDialog.java:516) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.DataSelector$DataSourceWrapper$5.valueChanged(DataSelector.java:825) > at javax.swing.JTree.fireValueChanged(JTree.java:2820) > at javax.swing.JTree$TreeSelectionRedirector.valueChanged(JTree.java:3191) > at > javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:629) > at > javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.notifyPathChange(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:1078) > at > javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.setSelectionPaths(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:287) > at > javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.setSelectionPath(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:170) > at javax.swing.JTree.setSelectionPath(JTree.java:1598) > at > javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI.selectPathForEvent(BasicTreeUI.java:2311) > at > javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.handleSelection(BasicTreeUI.java:3520) > at > javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.mousePressed(BasicTreeUI.java:3459) > at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:262) > at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:262) > at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:262) > at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:262) > at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6370) > ...... > > Using the latest svn. > > Don > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MKC-457392 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed