diff --git a/packages/include/MyDrawingCanvas.h b/packages/include/MyDrawingCanvas.h
index 6bc85f7..4628848 100644
--- a/packages/include/MyDrawingCanvas.h
+++ b/packages/include/MyDrawingCanvas.h
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ private slots:
 
 
 public:
-    MyCanvas(QgisInterface *);
+    MyCanvas();
+    MyCanvas(QgisInterface*);
     ~MyCanvas();
 
     void empty_cache(drawing_cache);
diff --git a/packages/qgis_umesh.vcxproj b/packages/qgis_umesh.vcxproj
index b70c69d..c7c7d7e 100644
--- a/packages/qgis_umesh.vcxproj
+++ b/packages/qgis_umesh.vcxproj
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ call ..\scripts\git_insert_hash.cmd .\include qqis_umesh_version.rc</Command>
       <DataExecutionPrevention>
       </DataExecutionPrevention>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>c:\OSGeo4W\apps\qgis\plugins\$(ProjectName).pdb</ProgramDatabaseFile>
     </Link>
     <Bscmake>
diff --git a/packages/src/MyDrawingCanvas.cpp b/packages/src/MyDrawingCanvas.cpp
index f4e98d0..a4a1bf1 100644
--- a/packages/src/MyDrawingCanvas.cpp
+++ b/packages/src/MyDrawingCanvas.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ using namespace std;
 //MapProperty * MapProperty::obj;  // Initialize static member of class MapProperty (Singleton)
 //
 //
+MyCanvas::MyCanvas() :
+    QgsMapTool(nullptr),
+    QgsMapCanvasItem(nullptr)
+{
+}
 MyCanvas::MyCanvas(QgisInterface * QGisIface) :
     QgsMapTool(QGisIface->mapCanvas()),
     QgsMapCanvasItem(QGisIface->mapCanvas()),
@@ -1663,7 +1668,8 @@ bool MyCanvas::isFontAvailable(const char* name)
 //
 int MyCanvas::getTextWidth(const char* name)
 {
-    int size = (mMapCanvas->fontMetrics()).width(name);
+    int size = (mMapCanvas->fontMetrics()).horizontalAdvance(name);
+
     return size;
 }
 //
diff --git a/packages/src/ugrid.cpp b/packages/src/ugrid.cpp
index e58c02e..25b2e08 100644
--- a/packages/src/ugrid.cpp
+++ b/packages/src/ugrid.cpp
@@ -1679,16 +1679,18 @@ int UGRID::get_attribute(int ncid, int i_var, char * att_name, long * att_value)
     return status;
 }
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-int UGRID::get_dimension(int ncid, char * dim_name, size_t * dim_length)
+int UGRID::get_dimension(int ncid, char* dim_name, size_t* dim_length)
 {
     int dimid;
     int status = -1;
 
-    *dim_length = 0;
     if (dim_name != NULL && strlen(dim_name) != 0)
     {
         status = nc_inq_dimid(ncid, dim_name, &dimid);
-        status = nc_inq_dimlen(ncid, dimid, dim_length);
+        if (status == NC_NOERR)
+        {
+            status = nc_inq_dimlen(ncid, dimid, dim_length);
+        }
     }
     return status;
 }
@@ -1698,11 +1700,13 @@ int UGRID::get_dimension(int ncid, std::string dim_name, size_t * dim_length)
     int dimid;
     int status = -1;
 
-    *dim_length = 0;
     if (dim_name.size() != 0)
     {
         status = nc_inq_dimid(ncid, dim_name.c_str(), &dimid);
-        status = nc_inq_dimlen(ncid, dimid, dim_length);
+        if (status == NC_NOERR)
+        {
+            status = nc_inq_dimlen(ncid, dimid, dim_length);
+        }
     }
     return status;
 }
@@ -1712,18 +1716,21 @@ int UGRID::get_dimension_var(int ncid, std::string var_name, size_t * dim_length
     // get the total dimension length in bytes of the var_name variable
     int dimid;
     int status = -1;
-    *dim_length = 0;
 
     if (var_name.size() != 0)
     {
         int janm;
         status = nc_inq_varid(ncid, var_name.c_str(), &dimid);
-        status = nc_inq_vardimid(ncid, dimid, &janm);
-        char * tmp_value = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * (NC_MAX_NAME + 1));;
-        status = nc_inq_dimname(ncid, janm, tmp_value);
-        status = get_dimension(ncid, tmp_value, dim_length);
-        free(tmp_value);
-        tmp_value = nullptr;
+        if (status == NC_NOERR)
+        {
+            *dim_length = 0;
+            status = nc_inq_vardimid(ncid, dimid, &janm);
+            char* tmp_value = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * (NC_MAX_NAME + 1));;
+            status = nc_inq_dimname(ncid, janm, tmp_value);
+            status = get_dimension(ncid, tmp_value, dim_length);
+            free(tmp_value);
+            tmp_value = nullptr;
+        }
     }
     return status;
 }