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Shakir, Please describe how you arrived at this error. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: shakir > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: student > Package Version: 5.0u1 build date:2014-08-08 16:54 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.0u1\jre version: 1.7.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Setting visibility > java.lang.NullPointerException > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at ucar.unidata.gis.maps.MapInfo.createMapData(MapInfo.java:548) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.MapDisplayControl$MapState.getData(MapDisplayControl.java:2207) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.MapDisplayControl$MapState.checkVisibility(MapDisplayControl.java:2230) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.MapDisplayControl$MapState.init(MapDisplayControl.java:2263) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.MapDisplayControl.addMap(MapDisplayControl.java:705) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.MapDisplayControl.selectMap(MapDisplayControl.java:933) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.MapDisplayControl.init(MapDisplayControl.java:533) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1404) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1085) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.addMap(IdvUIManager.java:3302) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.access$500(IdvUIManager.java:166) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager$15.actionPerformed(IdvUIManager.java:2837) > at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(Unknown > Source) > at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) > at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HGW-866713 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed