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> Full Name: Don Murray > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CU/CIRES > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2011-12-29 16:21 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: Creating display: Color-Shaded Plan View > java.lang.NullPointerException > > I was trying to use the Grids->Time Steps->Merge time sequences formula and > got this null pointer exception. This appears to be related to the code that > Yuan added to support the time driver stuff. > > Run the formula and from the Field selector, select the 3D grid->Geopotential > Height grid one of the files in the attached bundle, select the first time > (and optionally a level), then click the Add Selected button. Do the same > for each of the other files, the click OK. > I just checked in the fixed, please test it. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.collectOperands(DerivedDataChoice.java:555) > at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:722) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:205) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:162) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:143) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:284) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3153) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3135) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:643) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:473) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1402) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1085) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ENC-418598 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed