The status=closed is just an artifact of our support system. First, try to use our new release-candidate 1 (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/netcdf-rc/). I have vague recollection of having fixed some problem similar to this. =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BAX-548035 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Critical Status: Closed