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> Full Name: Shaakir Shabir Dar > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: NITK > Package Version: 5.0 build date:2014-06-01 23:09 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files (x86)\IDV_5.0\jre version: 1.7.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Writing grid to xls file: > C:\Users\Shaakir\Documents\IDV_extract_t > Invalid column index (256). Allowable column range for BIFF8 is (0..255) or > ('A'..'IV') > The xls library the IDV depends on has a limit, it is not a good idea to run the IDV and convert the model data to xls format. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid column index (256). Allowable > column range for BIFF8 is (0..255) or ('A'..'IV') > at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell.checkBounds(HSSFCell.java:946) > at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell.<init>(HSSFCell.java:160) > at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow.createCell(HSSFRow.java:148) > at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow.createCell(HSSFRow.java:126) > at org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow.createCell(HSSFRow.java:104) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridUtil.writeGridToXls(GridUtil.java:5824) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java:186) > at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction.__call__(PyReflectedFunction.java:204) > at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java:404) > at org.python.core.PyObject.__call__(PyObject.java:408) > at org.python.pycode._pyx65.writeGridToXls$36(<string>:332) > at org.python.pycode._pyx65.call_function(<string>) > at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:165) > at org.python.core.PyBaseCode.call(PyBaseCode.java:149) > at org.python.core.PyFunction.__call__(PyFunction.java:327) > at org.python.pycode._pyx67.f$0(<string>:1) > at org.python.pycode._pyx67.call_function(<string>) > at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:165) > at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java:18) > at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java:1261) > at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java:484) > at org.python.core.__builtin__.eval(__builtin__.java:488) > at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.eval(PythonInterpreter.java:190) > at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:795) > 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.DataInstance.dataOk(DataInstance.java:295) > at ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataInstance.init(PointDataInstance.java:83) > at ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataInstance.<init>(PointDataInstance.java:69) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ObsDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(ObsDisplayControl.java:803) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3278) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3234) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.ObsListControl.setData(ObsListControl.java:441) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.ObsListControl.init(ObsListControl.java:151) > 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:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: DIP-242698 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed