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> Full Name: Steve > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: na > Package Version: 6.0u1 build date:2021-07-29 17:09 UTC > Operating System: Windows 10 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_6.0u1\jre version: 1.8.0_282 > j3d:1.6.1 fcs fcs > Description of problem: Expanding xlink > node:https://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/grib/NCEP/NBM/CONUS/catalog.xml > Error parsing xml: > https://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/grib/NCEP/NBM/CONUS/catalog.xml > Premature end of file. > Premature end of file. line:-1 > Please use the following catalog, otherwise, you need to download and install the nightly release. (6.0u2) https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/georesources/idvcatalog.xml Yuan > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error parsing xml: > https://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/grib/NCEP/NBM/CONUS/catalog.xml > Premature end of file. > Premature end of file. line:-1 > > at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlUtil.getDocument(XmlUtil.java:1340) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler$2.readXlinkXml(ThreddsHandler.java:356) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlTree.expandXlink(XmlTree.java:1075) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler$2.expandXlink(ThreddsHandler.java:488) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlTree$XlinkTreeNode.checkExpansionInner(XmlTree.java:912) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CVB-731556 Department: Support IDV Priority: High 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.