The Development Environment interface
The Development Environment is the place where any code and any of the visual aspects of Dynamics NAV are programmed and designed. The look and feel of the Developer Environment is distinctly different from the Windows Client.
All the programming and visual design elements of the Development Environment are located in objects accessed through a screen called Object Designer . An object represents things like a single table that stores data, or a report that presents data as a sales order or invoice. Objects are explained in more depth later. If Object Designer is not already open when you start the Development Environment, go to Tools | Object Designer.
There are seven types of objects in Dynamics NAV. They are:
Tables: Tables are where the data is stored. In Dynamics NAV, most of the business rule validation coding occurs at the table level as the users are entering the data. The reason for this design is so that you can create many pages and other interfaces...
