Page Designer - release notes


1.0 Limitations
   1.1 No page template support for Page Designer Classic
   1.2 Enabling and disabling Page Designer Classic
   1.3 BiDi issues for WebArt Designer , Animated GIF Designer, and Page Designer classic

1.0 Limitations

1.1 No page template support for Page Designer Classic

Page templates are supported only by Page Designer, not Page Designer Classic. You can use Page Designer to edit a HTML/JSP page using a Page template function.

1.2 Enabling and disabling Page Designer Classic

The WebSphere Studio V4 version of Page Designer (now known as Page Designer Classic) has been redesigned for Version 5. The new Page Designer (referred to as Page Designer within the user interface and product documentation) is the recommended version. It is also the default version. Page Designer Classic is not available as an installable feature, but can be enabled using the instructions below.
The WebSphere Studio V4 version of Page Designer (now known as Page Designer Classic) has been redesigned for Version 5. The new Page Designer (referred to as Page Designer within the user interface and product documentation) is the recommended version. It is also the default version. Page Designer Classic is not available as an installable feature, but can be enabled using the instructions below.
Page Designer provides enhanced usability and features, such as view-based attribute editing and simplified tag library support. Some features are not carried over from Page Designer Classic. These include:


Unless you need the specific support for features included in Page Designer Classic, use the default Page Designer.

Installing Page Designer Classic
Exit WebSphere Studio before beginning the installation.

  1. In Windows Explorer, open the directory WSAD INSTALL DIR/bin and double-click pdclassic.exe
  2. When you restart WebSphere Studio, the Updates dialog will be displayed. Click the Yes button.
    Note: If this is your first time using the workbench, this step and the ones that follow will not occur.
  3. In the Configuration Changes dialog, select the checkbox within the Detected changes area. Then click the Finish button.
  4. In the Install/Update dialog, click the Yes button. The workbench will restart to make the changes effective.

Mapping Page Designer Classic as the default Web editor
After installing Page Designer Classic, by default file associations between this editor and several HTML and JSP file types (including *.htm, *.html, *.jsp, *.jhtml, *.shtml, *.shtm, and *.html-ss) are mapped, so that you can use Open With -> Page Designer Classic in the Project Navigator view context menu to open a selected file in Page Designer Classic. However, if you want to make Page Designer Classic the default editor for HTML and JSP file types, do the following:
  1. Select Window -> Preferences
  2. Expand the Workbench settings and open the File Associations page.
  3. Select applicable file types (one at a time) from the File types list box.
  4. Select Page Designer Classic from the Editor Selection dialog and click the Default push button.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each applicable file type.
    Note: If you later disable and then re-enable Page Designer Classic, the file associations will also be reinstated. However, the default editor for the mapped file type will revert to the new Page Designer.

Enabling Page Designer Classic (after it has been disabled
To re-enable Page Designer Classic, do not re-run pdclassic.exe. Instead, perform these steps:

  1. Select Help -> Software Updates -> Update Manager
  2. In the Install Configuration view, click the toolbar button called Show Disabled Features
  3. Expand Current Configuration to locate Page Designer Classic 5.1.0 and select it.
  4. Click the Enable push button in the bottom-right corner of the Preview pane.
  5. In the Feature Install dialog, click the Finish push button.
  6. In the Install/Update dialog, click the Yes push button. The workbench will restart to make the changes effective.

1.3 BiDi issues for WebArt Designer , Animated GIF Designer, and Page Designer classic

WebArt Designer sometimes fails to create the Logo image of the bidirectional language on Windows 2000. If you specify character spacing when you create a Logo image of right-to-left characters, the width of the Logo is incorrect. You must specify zero as character spacing to have a correct Logo image of bidirectional characters on Windows 2000.

Animated GIF Designer sometimes fails to create the animated banner of the bidirectional language on Windows 2000. If you specify character spacing when you create a Logo image of right-to-left characters, the width of the Logo is incorrect. You must specify zero as character spacing to have a correct Logo image of bidirectional characters on Windows 2000.

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