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> Full Name: brian mapes > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: U of Miami > Package Version: 4.0u2 build date:2013-04-30 07:05 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/aescobedo/Desktop/IDV_4.0u2/jre version: 1.6.0_41 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: I have a problem starting from a template .xidv > bundle (attached) that I like. > Multiple data sources, 11 displays. > > 1. I changed the time driver end date to 1999-09-16. > 2. I saved the resulting session (hurricane Floyd) to a .zidv bundle. > 3. I opened the .zidv bundle in a fresh IDV session. > The IR satellite is shown for the right times, but the others (TRMM,MERRA) > don't animate. They appear right at the initial frame but they don't move. . Brian, This looks like a bug to me, I will let you know when there is fixed. Yuan > > A volunteer made me a bunch of .zidv case study bundles that all have this > problem. > All are probably valueless, we will have to start over from the template I > suppose. I wish there were salvage tools but I doubt it. > > In that light, is there a way to save a .zidv bundle, with all its data > sources and all the fields that are displayed, WITHOUT having to click OK on > the (default) fields to save in each data source, one by one, as they come up > during the slow save process? > > It's really no fun as you will find out if you do the above, a wasted several > minutes when you can't do anything else. I dare not even go to another > virtual desktop, as IDV's "OK" popups get stuck in the wrong workspace for me > sometimes and hang the session. I just have to sit there and hit return > occasionally like a zombie. > > Thanks, > Brian > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ANH-722599 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open