# First Designer project

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/first-designer-project/6180>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [April 9, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/first-designer-project/6180 "2013-04-09T13:01:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevinmarchand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@kevinmarchand](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevinmarchand)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/first-designer-project/6180/1 "2013-04-09T13:01:26Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to start a new designer project with a node in the project panel that will open a workspace. I follow the instruction in the programming pdf but this first section doesn’t compile for me and the javadoc is talking about a manager factory.

```auto
 long newId = designerContext.getLockManager().newResourceId();
```

As shown above I cannot access the newRessourceId from my startup function

[code]public class DesignerHook extends AbstractDesignerModuleHook {

```
@Override
public void startup(DesignerContext context, LicenseState activationState) throws Exception {
	 
	long newID = context.getLockManager()
	
}

```

}[/code]

Can you suggest a solution or a new documentation on getting started with coding the designer.

thanks