Description

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.

Syntax

public Table OuterTable { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property OuterTable As Table

Examples

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

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";

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.