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> Full Name: Mark Laufersweiler > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: University of Oklahoma > Package Version: 3.0 build date:2011-08-29 16:38 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: > 1.6.0_29 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Do not know how to handle the given data: > /data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-15/4km/IR/IR_20111207_1230 > > A user can for an individual file select the file type to be an mcidas area > file, in this example, when the IDV does not recognize a file type. However, > when selecting a group of files, the IDV throws an error and then does not > offer the user a chance to select what type of file. It would seem to me that > having a choice to pick the file type should be available for multiple files > since it is available for single files. > Hi Mark, I did notice that several data types would not offer the user a chance when selecting a group, we will fix this problem. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Do not know how to handle the given data: > /data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-15/4km/IR/IR_20111207_1230 > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1491) > 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(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1063) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QGX-334881 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open