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[IDV #PPR-792331]: Display Labels occasionally omitted in scripts that output graphic images

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  • Subject: [IDV #PPR-792331]: Display Labels occasionally omitted in scripts that output graphic images
  • Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:43:47 -0700
> Thanks Sean. The unusual thing is in most of these cases, data is being
> generated. For example, let's say I am producing a simple visible GOES
> satellite image for a region and that is the only data type. The image
> may be produced without issue, but the display label is omitted. Odd.
> 
> Scott
> 
Scott,

This is a bug in the Java 3D, we don't have a solution yet.


Yuan
> On 2/26/2012 2:55 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Greetings Scott,
> >
> > A product's display label will disappear if its data isn't available for a 
> > given time step but other data included in the display still exists. 
> > Perhaps this is what you are seeing? I'll ask around on Monday to see if 
> > anyone has a grasp on how often this is an issue, although a brief look 
> > through past IDV tickets and replies indicates it's a known problem 
> > (unfortunately, one with no known solution); one user even reported an 
> > approximate 1 and 10 dropout rate.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >> Full Name: Scott Stephens
> >> Email Address: address@hidden
> >> Organization: NOAA/NCDC
> >> Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC
> >> Operating System: Windows 7
> >> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6 version: 1.6.0_31 
> >> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> >> Description of problem: Periodically when running a script that outputs a 
> >> graphic (png) image, the contents of a product's Display Label will be 
> >> absent. This can happen in any variety of scripts, involving model gridded 
> >> data, satellite, radar or surface/in-situ data. It's relatively 
> >> infrequently, perhaps happening only about 10 percent of the time, but can 
> >> be somewhat annoying, since the product contains no title or timestamp 
> >> when the image is generated. Is this a known bug?
> >>
> >> thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: PPR-792331
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> --
> 
> *Scott E. Stephens*
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
> *//*
> 
> *//*
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: PPR-792331
Department: Support IDV
Priority: High
Status: Closed