The ABAP Workbench comprises different tools for processing repository objects. The tools cover the whole software development cycle.

The most important tools for creating and processing repository objects are:

- the ABAP Editor for editing source texts

- the ABAP Dictionary for editing database table definitions, central datatypes and more

- the Screen Painter for creating scre ns (scren layouts including user dialog functions)

- the Menu Painter for creating user interfaces (menu bar, toolbar, application toolbar, function key setting)

- the Function Builder for processing function modules

- the Class Builder for processing central classes

There are 3 possible ways of calling the respective tool:

- Call the object directly from Easy Access menu

- Work with the Object Navigator: this provides you with all the objects in a package or program in the form of a tree structure. By double-clicking on the object you open the respective tool

- Double-click to navigate from one tool to another and back again.