8. A workstation including a computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for providing a software tool for use in a device configuration environment including the workstation for creating customized definitions for user interfaces provided by a field device editor, the tool comprising: an editor definition selection control for specifying a default device template stored in a device definition database, wherein the default device template includes a first definition of an editor interface; an editor graphical user interface, comprising a set of user-selectable screens for modifying on demand the first definition of the editor interface based on information retrieved from the device definition database corresponding to a selected device type via a customization tool associated with the editor interface for the device type, thereby rendering a modified version of the first definition of the editor interface; and an editor store control for storing the modified version, wherein the set of user-selectable screens comprises a user interface for defining new screens to a set of interface screens of the field device editor.
8. A workstation including a computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for providing a software tool for use in a device configuration environment including the workstation for creating customized definitions for user interfaces provided by a field device editor, the tool comprising: an editor definition selection control for specifying a default device template stored in a device definition database, wherein the default device template includes a first definition of an editor interface; an editor graphical user interface, comprising a set of user-selectable screens for modifying on demand the first definition of the editor interface based on information retrieved from the device definition database corresponding to a selected device type via a customization tool associated with the editor interface for the device type, thereby rendering a modified version of the first definition of the editor interface; and an editor store control for storing the modified version, wherein the set of user-selectable screens comprises a user interface for defining new screens to a set of interface screens of the field device editor. 12. The workstation of claim 8 wherein the set of interface screens comprises a user interface for customizing permissions associated with particular user classes.