Hi there!
I've installed ARIS Express via aris-express-setup.exe from site. I work on Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100608-0458), java version 6 update 22 (build 1.6.0_22-b04). I have administrator rights on my PC, I use no proxy. But on first launching ARIS I get Unexpected exeption "java.lang.NullPointerException" error. Here's details:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <jnlp spec="1.6+" codebase="http://download.ariscommunity.com" href="express.jnlp"> <information> <title>ARIS Express 2.2</title> <vendor>IDS Scheer AG</vendor> <homepage href="http://www.ids-scheer.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/><!-- create desktop shortcut --> <menu submenu="ARIS Express"/> <!-- create menu item for this app --> </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="512m" java-vm-args="-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -XX:MaxPermSize=96m"/> <jar href="activation.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="antlr.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="aris71db2.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="aris_loader.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="arismethod.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="cl_locale.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="cl_locale_de.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="cl_locale_en.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="client.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="cltech.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="common.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-beanutils.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-codec.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-collections.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-configuration.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-digester.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-io.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-lang.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-logging.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="commons-pool.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="components.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="components2.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="express_embedded_de_help.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="express_embedded_en_help.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="expresslauncher.jar" main="true" download="eager" /> <jar href="filters.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="hsqldb.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="itext.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="itextasian.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="jdom.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="jh.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="jide.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="js.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="jxlayer.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="log4j.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="mail.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="rapidSpell.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="saaj-api.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="saaj-impl.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="serializer.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="server.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="server_locale.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="server_locale_de.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="server_locale_en.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="server_method_oem04.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="timingframework.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="ws-commons-util.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="wsdl4j.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="xalan.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="xercesImpl.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="xml-apis.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="xmlrpc-client.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="xmlrpc-common.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-annotations.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dictionaries.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-core.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-asa.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-db2.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-derby.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-hsqldb.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-lidl.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-mssql.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-olite.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-oracle.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-dl-mapping-pg.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-domhelper.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-graphics.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-graphlayout.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-guiframework.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-lipo.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-reportexecution.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-reportoutput.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-spellchecker-dictionaries.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-spellchecker.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y-utils.jar" download="eager" /> <jar href="y.jar" download="eager" /> </resources> <update check="background" policy="prompt-update"/> <!-- application class with main method --> <application-desc main-class="com.idsscheer.aris.expresslauncher.AExpressLauncher"> <argument>helpurl</argument> <argument>http://www.ariscommunity.com/help/aris-express</argument> <argument>banner</argument> <argument>http://banner.ariscommunity.com</argument> </application-desc> </jnlp> java.lang.NullPointerException at com.idsscheer.aris.client.container.common.AARISClientContainer.destroyInternal(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.client.container.common.AARISClientContainer.destroy(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.client.container.common.AARISClientContainer.handleFinalizeException(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.client.container.common.AARISClientContainer.initRegistry(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.client.container.common.AARISClientContainer.init(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.client.container.common.AARISClientContainer.init(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.client.arisloader.AAbstactLoader.start(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.expresslauncher.AExpressLauncher.startClient(Unknown Source) at com.idsscheer.aris.expresslauncher.AExpressLauncher.main(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source) at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source) at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source) at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) How can I solve the problem?
Hi,
we had this case on two or three installations on customer side.
Express tries to extract a file where your settings are stored.
This file (user.cfg) is stored normally (under Vista) in "c:\users\<your folder>".
Question: is it the case, that this user profile is located on a remote machine?
Bye,
Frank
Dear Saša,
This discussion is 7 years old and was about ARIS Express. But you are using ARIS 10 as part of of ARIS Education Package managed by University Relations. Please post your issue in this forum and describe more in detail what you have done and how the exception happened: http://www.ariscommunity.com/forums/university-relations
Cheers
Rune