Animal Shelter Manager

This is what is diplayed when the server window is first opened.
[Server@1d4c61c]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: checkRunning(false) entered
[Server@1d4c61c]: [Thread[main,5,main]]: checkRunning(false) exited
[Server@1d4c61c]: Startup sequence initiated from main() method
[Server@1d4c61c]: Loaded properties from [C:\Program Files\ASM\server.properties
]
[Server@1d4c61c]: Initiating startup sequence...
[Server@1d4c61c]: Server socket opened successfully in 20 ms.
[Server@1d4c61c]: Database [index=0, id=0, db=file:C:\Documents, alias=asm] open
ed sucessfully in 470 ms.
[Server@1d4c61c]: Startup sequence completed in 510 ms.
[Server@1d4c61c]: 2009-03-28 20:08:01.445 HSQLDB server 1.8.0 is online
[Server@1d4c61c]: To close normally, connect and execute SHUTDOWN SQL
[Server@1d4c61c]: From command line, use [Ctrl]+[C] to abort abruptly

Then once the other computer scans and finds the database when you select ok the server window displays this-

Exception in thread "HQSLDB Connection @1d4c61c" Java.lang.NullPointException
at org.hsqldb.ServerConnection.close(Unknown Source)
at org.hsqldb.ServerConnectio.run(Unkown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unkown Sourcr)