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> Full Name: Jason Warren > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: SELF > Package Version: 3.0 build date:2011-08-29 16:38 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: When I try to capture a movie of the NAM model, I > receive this error message: > > Error capturing image > Output has not been set! > > This has always worked before without any errors. > > Thanks for your assistance. > Hi Jason, I ran into this error one time, but can not reproduce it. My guessing is that this error may relate to the JVM. If this error keep happening, please send us the bundle with your error report. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Output has not been set! > at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter.write(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.ui.ImageUtils.writeImageToFile(ImageUtils.java:994) > at ucar.unidata.ui.ImageUtils.writeImageToFile(ImageUtils.java:916) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.grabImageAndBlock(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1771) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.runAnimationCapture(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1163) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber.access$400(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:114) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.ui.ImageSequenceGrabber$5.run(ImageSequenceGrabber.java:1070) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: EHM-186819 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed