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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 Brian, Just to verify, are those dataset (TRMM, MERRA), that not working correctly in the zidv, from ramadda server? 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