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> 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 > > ****************** > 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 =================== Ticket ID: VUB-270565 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed