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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> Development Tools introduction</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>
                                    Infor ERP LN Development Tools
                                 </Level1>
			<Level2>introduction</Level2>
		</Keyword>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">
                                 Infor ERP LN Development Tools provides tools for developers.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>You can use Development Tools to:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Create Package VRCs in which you can develop software components.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Set up a data model, consisting of domains and tables, for an application.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Create various types of software components, such as: <List><ListItem>sessions</ListItem>
					<ListItem>forms</ListItem>
					<ListItem>reports</ListItem>
					<ListItem>multi-language data field labels</ListItem>
					<ListItem>questions and messages.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Create, edit and compile scripts and libraries, e.g. UI scripts, DLLs and DALs.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>And so on.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph class="Default">The Development Tools functionality is located in the Tools (tt) package on the ERP LN server.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For information on the software components that you can develop, and the corresponding procedures, refer to the following sections:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/overview_of_software_components" role="manual">Overview of software components</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/development_process" role="manual">Development process</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
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