https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/SAS-Information-Map-Studio-3-1-Startup-Error/m-p/9395#M837 Josevan,<BR /> If you are still experiencing problems, you should do a couple of things:<BR /> 1) open a track with Technical Support <A href="http://support.sas.com/ctx/supportform/createForm" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/ctx/supportform/createForm</A><BR /> <BR /> 2) Search the Samples and Notes database for Information Map Studio <A href="http://tinyurl.com/olz8zj" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/olz8zj</A> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:29:55 GMT reneeharper 2009-06-04T17:29:55Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/SAS-Information-Map-Studio-3-1-Startup-Error/m-p/9394#M836 Hello,<BR /> <BR /> I installed Information Map Studio 3.1 and the latest Hotfix (v6) but I'm getting a Null Pointer Exception error when starting IMS. This is the error:<BR /> <BR /> <B>java.lang.NullPointerException<BR /> java.lang.NullPointerException<BR /> <BR /> at com.sas.workspace.WorkspaceIMS.getConnectedWorkspaceIMS.java:395)<BR /> at com.sas.apps.mapStudio.MapStudioCmdLineAndStatics.initConnectionMapStudioCmdLineAndStatics.java:105)<BR /> at com.sas.apps.mapStudio.MapStudio.connectFirstTime(MapStudio.java:1689)<BR /> at com.sas.apps.mapStudio.MapStudio.initMainframeStatic(MapStudio.java:2197)<BR /> at com.sas.apps.mapStudio.MapStudio.main(MapStudio.java:2247)</B><BR /> <BR /> I'm running it on Windows 2000 with JRE 1.6.0_3. Does anyone know what could be a problem? <BR /> <BR /> I appreciate the help.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks,<BR /> Josevan Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:07:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/SAS-Information-Map-Studio-3-1-Startup-Error/m-p/9394#M836 Josevan 2009-03-23T15:07:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/SAS-Information-Map-Studio-3-1-Startup-Error/m-p/9395#M837 Josevan,<BR /> If you are still experiencing problems, you should do a couple of things:<BR /> 1) open a track with Technical Support <A href="http://support.sas.com/ctx/supportform/createForm" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/ctx/supportform/createForm</A><BR /> <BR /> 2) Search the Samples and Notes database for Information Map Studio <A href="http://tinyurl.com/olz8zj" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/olz8zj</A> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:29:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/SAS-Information-Map-Studio-3-1-Startup-Error/m-p/9395#M837 reneeharper 2009-06-04T17:29:55Z