FormatAdapter throws exception

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / jbgui / GFinder.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/jbgui/GFinder.java b/src/jalview/jbgui/GFinder.java
index ed03a80..2fe4e14 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/jbgui/GFinder.java
+++ b/src/jalview/jbgui/GFinder.java
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ public class GFinder
         public void run()\r
         {\r
           String str = textfield.getText();\r
-          SequenceI[] sequences = new FormatAdapter().readFile(str, "Paste", "FASTA");\r
+          SequenceI[] sequences = null;\r
+          try{new FormatAdapter().readFile(str, "Paste", "FASTA");}\r
+          catch(Exception ex){}\r
           if(sequences!=null && sequences.length>0)\r
           {\r
             str = jalview.analysis.AlignSeq.extractGaps(\r