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Introducing the ABL GUI Designer : Reference : GUI Designer dialogs : AppBuilder dialogs : Other AppBuilder dialogs : External Tables dialog box
 
External Tables dialog box
Use the External Tables dialog box to add external tables to a SmartObject.
An external table supplies records to a query that the query need to complete its search criteria. For example, a query on Order OF Customer requires the external table Customer.
Option
Description
(Editor)
Displays the list of selected tables in the connected database. (The form shown is database-name.table-name.)
Add
Choose to add an external table to the SmartObject. You go to the Table Selector dialog box.
Delete
Choose to remove the highlighted tables from the SmartObject.
Move Up
Choose to move the highlighted table one line position higher in the list.
Move Down
Choose to move the highlighted table one line position lower in the list.