Re: errors

From: Mary Haley (haley@XXXXXX)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2000 - 14:28:09 MST

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    >
    > hi all! :)
    >
    > I'm running an ncargf77 executable in background via a perl script. it
    > seems to work fine but when ctrans convert the gmeta into a sun
    > sometimes, not always, I got errors that I don't understand:
    >
    > ctrans: FATAL - Illegal metafile element(class=7, id=23, name="Unknown") :
    > Invalid argument
    > ctrans: FATAL - Error decoding CGM element
    >
    > or
    >
    > ctrans: FATAL - Error fetching CGM element : Success
    >
    > I have ncarg 4.2 on a red hat 6.2 linux box. The env vars NCARGLIB and
    > NCARG_ROOT are properly set.
    >
    > does anyone have a clue?
    > where can I find documentation on ctrans error msg?
    >
    > Giovanni Leoncini

    Dear Giovanni,

    This kind of error message indicates that you may have a corrupt
    metafile. Can you email it to me as an attachment, and we can run it
    through a metafile diagnostic program.

    Thanks,

    --Mary

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