Details:  Open the properties of a driver and select the General page. Enter
some text in the Note field and then click OK. An error pops up that says "An
error has occured". The text you entered is not saved. The error log has the
following NullPointerException:
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at
com.novell.designer.idm.config.internal.GenericGeneralPage.collectDataFromPage(GenericGeneralPage.java:456)
	at
com.novell.designer.idm.config.internal.GenericGeneralPage.performOk(GenericGeneralPage.java:418)
	at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog$11.run(PreferenceDialog.java:862)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.run(InternalPlatform.java:1044)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:783)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:44)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:148)
	at
org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog.okPressed(PreferenceDialog.java:842)
	at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs.FilteredPreferenceDialog.okPressed(FilteredPreferenceDialog.java:296)
	at
org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog.buttonPressed(PreferenceDialog.java:227)
	at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog$2.widgetSelected(Dialog.java:556)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:90)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:843)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3080)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2713)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:809)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:787)
	at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.PropertyDialogAction.run(PropertyDialogAction.java:157)
	at
com.novell.designer.ui.dialogs.DesignerPropertyDialog.invokePropertyDialog(DesignerPropertyDialog.java:86)
	at com.novell.designer.App.launchConfigDialog(App.java:2219)
	at
com.novell.designer.idm.modeler.parts.DriverEdgeEditPart.handleDoubleClick(DriverEdgeEditPart.java:465)
	at
com.novell.designer.idm.modeler.parts.DriverEdgeEditPart.performRequest(DriverEdgeEditPart.java:452)
	at
org.eclipse.gef.tools.SelectEditPartTracker.performOpen(SelectEditPartTracker.java:187)
	at
org.eclipse.gef.tools.SelectEditPartTracker.handleDoubleClick(SelectEditPartTracker.java:129)
	at org.eclipse.gef.tools.AbstractTool.mouseDoubleClick(AbstractTool.java:944)
	at org.eclipse.gef.tools.SelectionTool.mouseDoubleClick(SelectionTool.java:502)
	at org.eclipse.gef.EditDomain.mouseDoubleClick(EditDomain.java:204)
	at
org.eclipse.gef.ui.parts.DomainEventDispatcher.dispatchMouseDoubleClicked(DomainEventDispatcher.java:285)
	at
org.eclipse.draw2d.LightweightSystem$EventHandler.mouseDoubleClick(LightweightSystem.java:518)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:141)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:843)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3080)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2713)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1699)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1663)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:367)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:143)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:103)
	at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:226)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:376)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:163)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:334)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:278)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:973)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:948)


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