# 1. General Framework & Tools: What's New

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## 1.Open and Save Performance Improved

The previous M2 milestone of Designer introduced a new underlying project model and team-enablement with version control. Unfortunately, the new model slowed down the performance of editors when opening and saving projects. In some cases (especially on Vista), by orders of magnitude.

| With Milestone 3, these issues are overcome and performance is now at least as fast as the shipping version of Designer 2.1.1.

## 2. Support for openSUSE 10.3

| Designer now installs and runs on this newest version of Linux.

## 3. Project Converter is Back

A project converter is again provided. If you have any projects that are in the Designer 2.X or 3.0 M1 format, they are automatically converted to the 3.0 M3 format. (Unfortunately 3.0 M2 projects cannot be converted, but you can still follow the steps that we've provided to get that data over.) From this point on, we intend to provide a converter with each milestone so that you can easily move your projects to the latest Designer and not lose data.
Keep in mind that if you use a nightly build, it usually won't have a converter and you are putting your project at risk. Only use nightly builds for evaluating the latest features and not on real projects.
The Project View shows projects that need converting in a special way. You can convert these projects by right-clicking and choosing Convert, or by double-clicking the Project needs conversion entry below the project folder.

## 4. Contextual Help is Easier to Use

When you invoke help, the context sensitive help links appear in a help tray to the right of the window. Previously, when you clicked a link in the help tray, the help content opened in the help tray itself, which was too small to display the help content properly. Now, the help content opens in a new window, making help more easy to view and use.

## 5. Schema Management: Show Inherited Associations is Selected By Default

The Show inherited associations checkbox in the Manage Schema dialog is now selected by default for both classes and attributes, and lists all of the inherited associations.

## 6. Schema Management: You Can Individually Select Differences from the Import Wizard

In the Outline view, right-click the Identity Vault and select Live > Schema > Import. Provide the credentials. In the Schema Import Wizard, click the View Differences button. The Schema Differences window launches, displaying the classes that not present in the Designer Identity Vault. You can select individual classes and click Ok to add them to be imported. If you want all of the listed classes and attributes, click Select All.

## 7. Preference Pages Reorganized

All Designer-specific preferences pages are now under a new Novell category, which is divided into product sub-categories: Designer, Identity Manager, and Provisioning. The new organization matches how the product is structured and sets up a better architecture for the future as Designer grows with more sub-products. This helps clarify the Designer base, versus the addititional plug-ins that you can install (Identity Manager, Provisioning, Enforcer, etc.)

## 8. Option for Each Identity Vault to Define iManager Setting

You can now set iManager preferences for each Identity Vault by typing the iManager Server Address into the iManager URL: text field on the iManager Credentials page.

## 9. No "Key Bugs Fixed" Section Anymore

In the past, the What's New pages always included a little section at the bottom that listed key bugs that were fixed. We have dicontinued this practice. All of this information is easily available by accessing Bugzilla directly. If you want to track the status of a bug or an enhancement, add yourself to be CC'd with an e-mail whenever the status changes. This is the approach we'd like to promote going forward. You can access Bugzilla directly within Designer from the main Help menu, as shown below:

## 10. Keyboard Support Added to the Schema Map Editor

The following keyboard support has been added to the Schema Map editor:

Insert - Adds a new mapping Delete - Deletes the mappings added Enter - Allows you to edit mappings Enter (pressed twice) - Saves mappings Keyboard search - Facilitates searching for classes or attributes from a drop-down list while adding mappings Right Arrow - Expands the chosen mapping Left Arrow - Collapses the chosen mapping F1 - Launches Help

## 11. Clear Option in the XSLT Editor

The XSLT editor now provides a Clear button in the editor's toolbar. This option allows the user to clear additional contents that the user added in the XSLT editor. The editor appears in its default state once it clears the contents.

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