X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FCutAndPasteTransfer.java;h=31a756b6df045c96b2d0575bd2b469cf9f0f2258;hb=8d191d32a84aa42a0d901f03d7919dc1f1df7911;hp=be2cf97ed288f69feac883ff111f07a1a9beffb5;hpb=9c5d69ef1e102b1eac18ec13c362522f40c9000d;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java b/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java
index be2cf97..31a756b 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java
@@ -134,7 +134,15 @@ public class CutAndPasteTransfer extends GCutAndPasteTransfer
 
         if (FormatAdapter.formats.contains(format))
         {
+          try{
             sequences = new FormatAdapter().readFile(getText(), "Paste", format);
+          }catch(java.io.IOException ex)
+          {
+            JOptionPane.showInternalMessageDialog(Desktop.desktop,
+                                                  "Couldn't read the pasted text.\n" +ex.toString(),
+                                                  "Error parsing text",
+                                                  JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
+          }
         }
 
         if (sequences != null)
@@ -161,14 +169,6 @@ public class CutAndPasteTransfer extends GCutAndPasteTransfer
             {
             }
         }
-        else
-        {
-            JOptionPane.showInternalMessageDialog(Desktop.desktop,
-                "Couldn't read the pasted text.\n" +
-                "Formats currently supported are\n" +
-                "Fasta, MSF, Clustal, BLC, PIR, MSP, and PFAM",
-                "Error parsing text", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
-        }
     }
 
     /**