Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Basic Development

> ## Development window

> The other independent Progress Dynamics window you can bring up from the AppBuilder Tools menu is the Development window, shown in Figure 3–9.

> Figure 3–9: Development window

> This window provides access to some ancillary Progress Dynamics development operations. Generally, you would not expect to invoke this menu frequently for new application development.

> Table 3–7 describes the menus on the Development window.

> Table 3–7: Development window menus
> Menu | Description
> --- | ---
> File | Described in detail in the "Administration and Development File menu" section.
> Attributes | Provides access to functions that let you define new attribute names and groups, as well as individual attribute value records. (Although, typically you maintain individual attribute value records with other high-level tools.)
> Objects | Provides access to: Maintenance of the object types that describe the basic characteristics of each type of application object (such as `DynBrow`). The list of standard Progress SmartLinks recognized by the framework. The list of basic container types used in creating dynamic windows. The utility that lets you maintain run-time customizations for your applications. The utility that lets you replace all instances of an object (in existing containers) with a new object.
> Build | Duplicates functions you can get at directly from the AppBuilder or Administration menus.
> SCM | Provides the functions that manage your integration with Progress Dynamics and your SCM tool. Documentation about the Progress Dynamics integration with RoundTable can be found at http://psdn.progress.com/library/progress_dynamics/index.ssp.
> Links | Provides access to other Progress Dynamics windows.
> Window | Lets you alternate the setting for whether invoking the same function more than once will bring up multiple copies of the supporting window or only one.
> Help | Accesses the online help, which provides information about the Administration window user interface.

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