Windows GrADS

[Arlindo da Silva]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Eric Wolvovsky <Eric.Wolvovsky at noaa.gov>wrote:

> Arlindo,
>
> I went ahead and uninstalled my 1.8 version, installed the 2.0 version
> (the one from COLA) and ended up with the same results. A blank output.
> Any other suggestions?
>

I had no problem reading your sample data with the OpenGrADS build:

*v2.0*:
http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_GrADS_v2.0_on_Microsoft_Windows

See attached plot. However, I had to alter the DSET record in the ctl you
supplied because it pointed to a file that did not exist. Could that be the
cause of your problem? I am attaching the revised ctl.

   Arlindo



>
> Eric
>
>
> Arlindo da Silva wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Eric Wolvovsky
>> <Eric.Wolvovsky at noaa.gov <mailto:Eric.Wolvovsky at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>>
>>    I have the attached GrADS files running daily in a batch job. For
>>    years
>>    they were ok, this morning however they began failing, as do files
>>    from
>>    earlier days that had once worked (like the sample file attached).  I
>>    haven't changed anything within the files, nor the batch job. Any
>>    thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I cannot
>>    seem to
>>    narrow down the problem.
>>
>>    The version of GrADS I am running is: GrADS1.8sl9.win32
>>
>>
>> Recent Windows updates have started to break these 10 year old builds
>> of Win32 GrADS. You best bet is to upgrade to either v2.0 (if it has
>> all the features you need) or v1.9.-rc1, see for example:
>>
>> *v1.9*:
>>
>> http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_GrADS_on_Microsoft_Windows
>> *v2.0*:
>>
>> http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_GrADS_v2.0_on_Microsoft_Windows
>>
>> These are the unofficial OpenGrADS builds; I suggest you install the
>> Win32 superpack. You can also obtain an official Win32 build for v2.0
>> from COLA:
>>
>> *v2.0*: http://grads.iges.org/grads/downloads.html
>>
>>    Good Luck,
>>
>>           Arlindo
>>
>> --
>> Arlindo da Silva
>> dasilva at alum.mit.edu <mailto:dasilva at alum.mit.edu>
>>
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Arlindo da Silva
dasilva at alum.mit.edu
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