Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
AppBuilder

Basic windows

Basic windows are general-purpose, outer-level organizer objects. Basic windows are SmartWindows without the ADM smart technology. They are external-procedure objects, and can be used as the main window in your non-ADM applications, but they cannot support SmartObjects.

For information about configuring your basic window objects, see the "SmartWindows" section. There are only two differences in default properties:

Basic windows have the Keep Frame Z-Order property set; SmartWindows do not.
Basic windows do not initialize in a Hidden state; SmartWindows do.