# Error reading vtk file
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 26, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931 "2023-09-26T06:12:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Archana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Archana)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931/1 "2023-09-26T06:12:49Z")
I get the following error reading a vtk file created by a fortran program.
Generic Warning: In vtkDataReader.cxx, line 1537
Error reading ascii data. Possible mismatch of datasize with declaration.
ERROR: In vtkDataReader.cxx, line 1035
vtkStructuredPointsReader (000002A404759250): Unsupported point attribute type: 2.0592858500615728e-157 for file: C:\Users\sinea\Documents\F90\ishii\result001.vtk
I would be grateful if you can help with this.
The file can be downloaded from
> **[Google Drive: Sign-in](https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F11hfh3r18HrXMpliSTydpbYliwsWFW8d8%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F11hfh3r18HrXMpliSTydpbYliwsWFW8d8%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&ifkv=AYZoVhfnuMV8_CzikLDotfdAtEgSpsT2uGhF0i4zK1d81v-wuz6AZ21FMgLxvnLVjND086ZzgidBOQ&osid=1&passive=1209600&service=wise&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&dsh=S-1156644021%3A1695708686468610&theme=glif)**
>
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Thanks
Archana
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931/2 "2023-09-26T09:16:33Z")
No access to the data
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### Author:  [@Archana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Archana)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931/3 "2023-09-28T07:39:27Z")
Sorry I updated the share settings just now. Can you see it? I exported the data to csv and see quite many nans. Could that be the reason for the error, I wonder\>
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931/4 "2023-09-28T07:48:25Z")
Works fine here with the nightly:
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### Author:  [@Archana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Archana)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931/5 "2023-09-28T08:00:45Z")
hmm - I am using Paraview 5.11.0. I should try the latest
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### Author:  [@Archana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Archana)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931/6 "2023-09-28T08:04:31Z")
Thanks @mwestphal for your help!
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-vtk-file/12931/7 "2023-09-28T08:25:49Z")
Works as good in ParaView 5.11.1
