Hi Mel-
Just to follow up. I too could not display small.v5d downloaded
through NetScape in the SpreadSheet. It didn't work with either
a shift-click or a right-click/Save as... NetScape has problems
downloading binary files from an http:// link. It seems to do
an ASCII-like FTP which munges the file. I was successful using
the ftp:// link that Bill has, using NetScape.
The question is why can't you view your other Vis5D files. Are
you downloading them from a web site through NetScape?
Don
Bill Hibbard wrote:
>
> Hi Mel,
>
> > After downloading & installing the Windows 2000 JDK 1.3 stuff, the VisAD
> > Spreadsheet starts up on my PC, and generally works. However, the Vis5D
> > data that's driving this endeavor won't import. In fact, the sample Vis5D
> > data file (small.v5d) that is available at the VisAD Spreadsheet web site
> > (http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~curtis/ss.html) also does NOT import !! Error
> > msg. is "Error importing data. The source could not be converted to VisAD
> > data" .
> > Any suggestions/comments ?
>
> I tried it and it worked for me, so I think somehow the file
> was corrupted during your download. It could be a bug in your
> browser (we have seen download problems with browsers on
> Windows before), so I have put another copy of the file at:
>
> ftp://www.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/visad-2.0/small.v5d
>
> Try downloading by:
>
> ftp www.ssec.wisc.edu
> login: anonymous
> password: email@address
> ftp> cd pub/visad-2.0
> ftp> bin
> ftp> get small.v5d
> ftp> quit
>
> Please let us know if you continue to have problems.
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