# Table.OuterTable Property

> Gets a table's outer table. The property's value is an object of the type Table or null if this table is a top-level table.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 11.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl > Table.OuterTable Property
- **666 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/table/outertable-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/table/outertable-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/table/outertable-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets a table's outer table. The property's value is an object of the type [Table](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/table/llms-full.txt) or null if this table is a top-level table.

### Syntax

```csharp
public Table OuterTable { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property OuterTable As Table
```

### Examples

The following example accesses the immediate parent of a nested table and assigns a description to it.

```csharp
textControl.Tables.Add(2, 2, 10);
Table outerTable = textControl.Tables.GetItem(10);

textControl.InputPosition =
    new InputPosition(outerTable.Cells.GetItem(1, 1).Start);
textControl.Tables.Add(2, 2, 20);
Table nestedTable = outerTable.NestedTables.GetItem(20);

nestedTable.OuterTable.DescriptiveText = "Order details";
```

```vbnet
textControl.Tables.Add(2, 2, 10)
Dim outerTable As Table = textControl.Tables.GetItem(10)

textControl.InputPosition =
    New InputPosition(outerTable.Cells.GetItem(1, 1).Start)
textControl.Tables.Add(2, 2, 20)
Dim nestedTable As Table = outerTable.NestedTables.GetItem(20)

nestedTable.OuterTable.DescriptiveText = "Order details"
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Table.OuterMostTable Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/table/outermosttable-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [Table.Rows Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/table/rows-property/llms-full.txt)