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> Full Name: brian mapes > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: UM > Package Version: 5.3u1 build date:2017-03-28 04:35 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: /Applications/IDV_5.3u1/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre > version: 1.8.0_51 j3d:1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Creating display: 3D Grid Trajectory Colored by Speed > java.lang.NullPointerException > I am still working on it, please wait for next week or my email. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:459) > at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.setData(DerivedDataChoice.java:643) > at > ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.collectOperands(DerivedDataChoice.java:544) > at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:743) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:628) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:206) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:163) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:144) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridTrajectoryControlNew$MyTrajectoryControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridTrajectoryControlNew.java:1448) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3293) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3249) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridTrajectoryControlNew$MyTrajectoryControl.setData(GridTrajectoryControlNew.java:721) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridTrajectoryControlNew$MyTrajectoryControl.init(GridTrajectoryControlNew.java:500) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridTrajectoryControlNew.init(GridTrajectoryControlNew.java:1611) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1415) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1098) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:993) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:918) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: EIY-495174 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.