The underlying project architecture and file format for Designer has completely
changed with 3.0 M2. It is the biggest change since Designer 1.0 and sets the stage
for Version Control, Team Enablement, and other capabilities in the future. Because the
change was so large, we have been unable to provide a converter in this milestone.
But, you can get most (if not all) of your old project data over by doing exports or deploy and then import. Steps on how to do all of this have been added to the Help documentation in this milestone.
If you try to open an older project in this version of Designer, you will see a prompt
with a link that will take you to the help page on how to do this.
Because of the nature of the changes, we cannot guarantee that any projects
you build with Designer 3.0 M2 will have a converter to 3.0 M3. But, you will
still be able to move most data over in the same way. We will have a converter
(or other such upgrade mechanism in place) as soon as it is feasible.
It's important to be able to specify the DN Format for schema
for drivers that don't have a specific format associated with them (eg. Loopback,
Null, Delimited Text, SOAP, etc.). This allows DirXML Script to be able to deal
with DN parsing, comparison, and conversion correctly.
Every place where you can browse eDirectory, there is now
a history button next to the browse button. This will save you time, because
it allows you to select previous browse choices that you have made so you don't
have to keep browsing and drilling down again and again when you're working
in the same spots in the tree. The item at the bottom of the list allows you
to clear the history if you choose.
The DS Trace Viewer now has an outline view that lists all
the events available in the log file. If you select an event in the outline,
it will filter the viewer to see that event. Filtering based on dates/events
are reflected in the outline view. You can press "Clear Filter" to reset.
In addition to the DS Trace Viewer, there is a now a new tool on the main Tool menu called "Live DS Trace". This will let you connect to an
eDirectory server and view a live DirXML trace from that server.
The trace will be rendered in a graphical table with filtering and resizable columns that are organized by
Timestamp, Trace Name, and the Details.
In the Project Checker view, there is now a button that will
let you clear the current items that are in the view. It may be helpful to click
this icon before you run the next project check, as it will enable you to see
more clearly the new set of results as they come in.
When a project is under version control, the icon in the Project View and in the Outline View will
have a version control indicator. In the diagram below, you can see that the two
customer projects are under version control.
Designer's Install does a better job of checking for free disk space.
And, if you install over an existing install of
Designer, it will take that into account, which will allow some types of installs to proceed that
were blocked in the past.
The Designer installer now supports the silent install mode of InstallAnywhere. This is useful if you
wish to setup the install of Designer as an automated process in a script.
The standard usage is as follows:
Run a normal install but specify the -r option. This will create a file
named installer.properties. This will contain the definitions of any variables
that were modified from the defaults.
> ./install -r
You can now use installer.properties to run the install in silent mode.
> ./install -i silent -f installer.properties
NOTE: If the file is named installer.properties, and it resides in the same directory as the installer, it will get used automatically. If it resides elsewhere, or has a different name, the -f option is required to specify it. In brief, the "-f file" option specifies a properties file that defines InstallAnywhere variables. The "-i silent" option tells the installer to skip any install panels and use the default values. If the installer's built-in defaults meet your needs, you do not need to specify a properties file for silent mode. If the installer encounters an error that prevents the installer from continuing it will display the error before exiting. If it would normally display a warning that allows the user to select to continue the installation, the warning will be silently logged and the installation will continue.
The Help system now has an index of key terms and actions all ordered alphabetically.
This makes it very easy to look up items by topic and gives you another alternative
for finding what you're looking for.
You can
access the index by selecting the second tab at the bottom and you can navigate
by clicking the previous/next links at the bottom. When you click
on an item, it's help page will come up on the right.
If you want to see more information about
this topic, or see where it sits in the larger context of help, just click the "Refresh"
button at the top (with the little yellow arrows). This will switch you over to the
Table of Contents tab and keep your current item selected. You can then see where it
fits in the overall Table of Contents and thus, be able to navigate to related topics very easily.
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