Unable to launch ARIS Express 2.4 on MAC OS X

When I start ARIS Express on MAC OS X (10.8.2, Oracle Java 1.7.0_04), I get the following Exception:

 

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0         at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ChildElement.<init>(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ChildCallback.openClassPathElement(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.access$1000(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.ensureOpen(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.<init>(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$3.run(Unknown Source)         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getResource(Unknown Source)         at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:358)         at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)         at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)         at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)         at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)         at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)     with the following Launch File: <jnlp spec="1.6+" codebase="http://download.ariscommunity.com" href="express.jnlp">    <information>      <title>ARIS Express 2.4</title>      <vendor>Software AG</vendor>      <homepage href="http://www.softwareag.com"/>      <description>Model your business by using ARIS Express.</description>      <description kind="short">Model your business by using ARIS Express.</description>      <icon kind="shortcut" href="alogo.ico"/>      <icon kind="splash" href="splash.gif"/>      <offline-allowed/>      <shortcut online="false">        <desktop/>        <menu submenu="ARIS Express"/>      </shortcut>      <association extensions="adf" mime-type="x-application/adf">        <description kind="short">ARIS Document File</description>        <icon href="adf.ico"/>      </association>    </information>    <security>      <all-permissions/>    </security>    <resources>      <property name="jnlp.packEnabled" value="true"/>      <j2se version="1.6+" initial-heap-size="64m" max-heap-size="750m" java-vm-args="-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -XX:MaxPermSize=150m"/>      <jar href="PngEncoder.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="activation.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="antlr.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="aris71db2.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="aris_loader.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="arismethod.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="cl_locale.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="cl_locale_de.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="cl_locale_en.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="client.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="cltech.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="common.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-beanutils.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-codec.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-collections.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-configuration.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-digester.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-httpclient.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-io.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-lang.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-logging.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="commons-pool.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="components2.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="components.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="express_embedded_de_help.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="express_embedded_en_help.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="expresslauncher.jar" main="true" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="filters.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="hsqldb.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="itext.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="itextasian.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="jdom.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="jh.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="jide.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="js.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="jxlayer.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="log4j.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="mail.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="proxy-vole.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="rapidSpell.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="saaj-api.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="saaj-impl.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="serializer.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="server.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="server_locale.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="server_locale_de.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="server_locale_en.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="server_method_oem04.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="timingframework.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="ws-commons-util.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="wsdl4j.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="xalan.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="xercesImpl.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="xml-apis.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="xmlrpc-client.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="xmlrpc-common.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-annotations.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dictionaries.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-core.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-asa.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-db2.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-derby.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-hsqldb.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-lidl.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-mssql.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-olite.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-oracle.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-dl-mapping-pg.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-domhelper.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-graphics.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-graphlayout.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-guiframework.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-lipo.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-reportexecution.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-reportoutput.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-spellchecker-dictionaries.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-spellchecker.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y-utils.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <jar href="y.jar" download="eager" version="1.0"/>      <property name="jnlp.versionEnabled" value="true"/>    </resources>    <update check="background" policy="prompt-update"/>    <application-desc main-class="com.idsscheer.aris.expresslauncher.AExpressLauncher"/> </jnlp>