[IDV #VUB-270565]: can not open local ATCF storm file

> Full Name: chunhua zhou
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: UCAR
> Package Version: 3.0u1 build date:2011-11-30 18:36 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: Error initializing ATCF data
> Could not read file: 
> /Users/chunhua/Desktop/gvt_combined_126hr_6hrly_HGPS_06L_2009090118.rtf/index/storm_list.txt
> 
> 
> I was trying to use IDV to view a local ATCF storm file and it doesn't seem 
> to work. Is it only working with ATCF files on the ftp server ?
Hi Chunhua,

The IDV can be used to loaded the local ATCF dataset. The problem in your case 
is that the rtf file pointing a text file and you didn't have this txt file 
named storm_list.txt. You need to download more data.


Yuan
> 
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> Stack trace:
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not read file: 
> /Users/chunhua/Desktop/gvt_combined_126hr_6hrly_HGPS_06L_2009090118.rtf/index/storm_list.txt
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.storm.AtcfStormDataSource.readFile(AtcfStormDataSource.java:732)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.storm.AtcfStormDataSource.initializeStormData(AtcfStormDataSource.java:317)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.data.storm.StormDataSource.reloadData(StormDataSource.java:303)
> 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
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Ticket ID: VUB-270565
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed