From 880e4908ac91f67ba954dedd9f3799067a977e0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mfranz <mfranz>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:14:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] don't crash when a panel (or one of its elements) can't be
 found  (-> pc7)

---
 src/Model/panelnode.cxx | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Model/panelnode.cxx b/src/Model/panelnode.cxx
index 29b4d0e72..c32d89830 100644
--- a/src/Model/panelnode.cxx
+++ b/src/Model/panelnode.cxx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <simgear/compiler.h>
+#include <simgear/structure/exception.hxx>
+
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <plib/sg.h>
@@ -41,7 +43,10 @@ FGPanelNode::FGPanelNode(SGPropertyNode* props)
 
     // Make an FGPanel object.  But *don't* call init() or bind() on
     // it -- those methods touch static state.
-    _panel = fgReadPanel(props->getStringValue("path"));
+    const char *path = props->getStringValue("path");
+    _panel = fgReadPanel(path);
+    if (!_panel)
+        throw sg_io_exception(string("Failed to load panel ") + path);
 
     // Never mind.  We *have* to call init to make sure the static
     // state is initialized (it's not, if there aren't any 2D
-- 
2.39.5