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> Hey Unidata -- > Congrats on the 5.1u2 release. I feel amiss for not reporting this sooner, > but it hasn't done anything .. visibly wrong. But who knows if it is > affecting performance some places?? > > When writing any simple .xidv file, I dunno for how long, but at least > since 5.1 when I started looking insde .xidv code.. I have noticed a simple > misspelling, resulting I presume, from whatever generates the Projection > Coordinate System properties: > > <property name="Properties"> > <object class="java.util.Hashtable"> > <method name="put"> > > <string><![CDATA[viewpanel.catgegory.open]]></string> > > <java.lang.Boolean>true</java.lang.Boolean> > </method> > </object> > </property> > > specifically, in the CDATA string, viewpanel.cat*gegory*.open. > I don't think it matters what projection, it is pretty across the board, > but I've included a vanilla.xidv file where I just added Blue Marble as a > source and saved file. > > Also of note: I've tried correcting the typo, see > vanilla-catgegory-fix.xidv, in which there is no "catgegory" found but upon > loading and re-saving the file, see chocolate.xidv , the "catgegory" has > returned. So it's been hard to gauge any qualitative side-effects of this > maybe-a-bug? > > That's all -- > Best, > Bill McKenna > Bill, This is a spelling bug, but changing this spelling will have a lot more side effects and probably not worth to do it. Especially, for the old bundle will require many modification before loading to the IDV. Thanks for your information. By the way, did you get the lonFlip working correctly? Yuan > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XRG-593838 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed