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Greetings Mark, I just checked in a fix for this problem in SVN - it'll be included in the nightly build tonight. I hope all is well in Norman! Sean > > 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