adding a warning if you try to display data for a variable with more than 2 dimensions

pyglance/glance/gui_controller.py

@@ -241,8 +241,16 @@ class GlanceGUIController (object) :
         """
         
         # show the data for whatever's loaded
-        self.stats.sendRawData(A_CONST)
-        self.stats.sendRawData(B_CONST)
+
+        try :
+            self.stats.sendRawData(A_CONST)
+        except ValueError as ve :
+            self.handleWarning(str(ve))
+
+        try :
+            self.stats.sendRawData(B_CONST)
+        except ValueError as ve :
+            self.handleWarning(str(ve))
 
     def userRequestsGlobalAttrs (self) :
         """

pyglance/glance/gui_view.py

@@ -963,8 +963,9 @@ class GlanceGUIView (QWidget) :
                                                             stored_in=self.infoWindows)
         else:
 
-            LOG.debug("Unable to display data for variable " + variableName + " because it's shape of "
-                      + str(variableDataObject.data.shape) + " will not work in display window.")
+            raise ValueError ("Unable to display data for variable " + variableName + " because it's shape of "
+                              + str(variableDataObject.data.shape) + " will not fit in display window "
+                              "control structure.")
     
     def fileDataUpdate (self, file_prefix, file_path, selected_variable, use_fill_override, new_fill_value, variable_dimensions,
                         variable_list=None, attribute_list=None) :