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. |
![]() | Designer now installs and runs on this newest version of Linux. |
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.)
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.
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:
The following keyboard support has been added to the Schema Map editor:
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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.