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# Element Property

> Element property in the ABBYY FineReader Engine API — common property that provides access to a single element of a FineReader Engine collection.

<Note>
  This is a common property. Any platform-specific implementation limitations will be listed in the topics for the objects using this property.
</Note>

This property provides access to a single element of ABBYY FineReader Engine collection. Each ABBYY FineReader Engine collection uses this property.

<Note>
  In Windows, this property allows you to access an element of the collection using the \[] operator in C#.
</Note>

## Syntax

### C++

```cpp theme={null}
HRESULT get_Element(
  int              Index,
  I<ElementType>** Result
);
// the "put" method is available only for some collections
HRESULT put_Element(
  int             Index,
  I<ElementType>* Value
);
```

### C\#

```csharp theme={null}
I<ElementType> <CollectionType>( int Index );
```

### Visual Basic .NET

```vb theme={null}
Property Element(Index As Integer) As I<ElementType>
```

## Parameters

Index

\[in] This variable contains the index of the element that is accessed via this method. It must be in the range from 0 to the Number of elements - 1, where the number of elements may be obtained from the Count property of the same collection.

Result

\[out, retval] A variable of type I\<ElementType>\* that receives a pointer to the interface of the collection element. ElementType is the type of the object forming the collection.

Value

\[in] Refers to the \<ElementType> object. ElementType is the type of the object forming the collection.

## Remarks

The table below describes the collections which provide this property and the types of elements in the collections:

| Collection type                                                                                                                                                                         | Element type                                                                                                      |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [AuthorsList](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/authorslist)                                                                                                   | [AuthorInfo](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/authorinfo)                               |
| [BarcodeText](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/barcodetext)                                                                                                       | [BarcodeSymbol](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/barcodesymbol)                             |
| [BaseLanguages](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/baselanguages)                                                                                               | [BaseLanguage](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/baselanguage)                           |
| [BusinessCards](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/businesscards)                                                                                               | [BusinessCard](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/businesscard)                           |
| [Categories](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/categories)                                                                                               | [Category](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/category)                             |
| [Changes](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-comparison-objects/changes)                                                                                                        | [Change](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-comparison-objects/change)                                    |
| [CharacterRecognitionVariants](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/characterrecognitionvariants)                                                                     | [CharacterRecognitionVariant](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/characterrecognitionvariant) |
| [CheckmarkGroup](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/checkmarkgroup)                                                                                               | [CheckmarkBlock](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/checkmarkblock)                         |
| [ClassificationObjects](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/classificationobjects)                                                                         | [ClassificationObject](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/classificationobject)     |
| [ClassificationResults](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/classificationresults)                                                                         | [ClassificationResult](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/classificationresult)     |
| [DetectedLanguages](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/detectedlanguages)                                                                                       | [DetectedLanguage](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/detectedlanguage)                   |
| [DictionaryDescriptions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/dictionarydescriptions)                                                                             | [DictionaryDescription](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/dictionarydescription)         |
| [FRPages](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/frpages)                                                                                                           | [FRPage](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/document-related-objects/frpage)                                       |
| [FuzzyStrings](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/fuzzystrings)                                                                                                 | [FuzzyString](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/fuzzystring)                             |
| [IntsCollection](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/supplementary-objects-and-methods/intscollection)                                                                                    | [int](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties)            |
| [LayoutBlocks](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/layoutblocks)                                                                                                   | [Block](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/block)                                           |
| [Licenses](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/license-related-objects/licenses)                                                                                                          | [License](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/license-related-objects/license)                                      |
| [List](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/list)                                                                                                                     | [ListLevel](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/listlevel)                                     |
| [OfficeConverters](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/image-related-objects/officeconverters) <br /><br /> **Note:** *Linux and Windows only.*                                           | [OfficeConverterTypeEnum](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/enumerations/officeconvertertypeenum)                 |
| [ParagraphLines](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraphlines)                                                                                                 | [ParagraphLine](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraphline)                             |
| [Paragraphs](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraphs)                                                                                                         | [Paragraph](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph)                                     |
| [PDFPictures](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/parameter-objects/export-parameters/pdfpictures)                                                                                        | [PDFPicture](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/parameter-objects/export-parameters/pdfpicture)                    |
| [PredefinedLanguages](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/predefinedlanguages)                                                                                   | [PredefinedLanguage](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/predefinedlanguage)               |
| [RegionsCollection](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/supplementary-objects-and-methods/regionscollection)                                                                              | [Region](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/supplementary-objects-and-methods/region)                              |
| [ScanSources](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansources) <br /><br /> **Note:** *Windows only.*                                                                   | [ScanSource](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/mechanism-objects/scansource)                                      |
| [SeparatorGroup](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/separatorgroup)                                                                                               | [SeparatorBlock](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/separatorblock)                         |
| [SpellReplacementCollection](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellreplacementcollection) <br /><br /> **Note:** *Windows Visual Components only.* | [SpellReplacement](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellreplacement)        |
| [SpellWordCollection](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection) <br /><br /> **Note:** *Windows Visual Components only.*               | [SpellWord](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellword)                      |
| [SplitRegions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/supplementary-objects-and-methods/splitregions)                                                                                        | [SplitRegion](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/supplementary-objects-and-methods/splitregion)                    |
| [StringsCollection](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/supplementary-objects-and-methods/stringscollection)                                                                              | [BSTR](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties)           |
| [TableCells](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/tablecells)                                                                                                       | [TableCell](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/tablecell)                                   |
| [TableSeparators](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/tableseparators)                                                                                             | [TableSeparator](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/tableseparator)                         |
| [TabPositions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/tabpositions)                                                                                                     | [TabPosition](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/tabposition)                                 |
| [TrainingImagesCollection](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/image-related-objects/trainingimagescollection)                                                                            | [TrainingImage](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/image-related-objects/trainingimage)                            |
| [TrainingResults](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/trainingresults)                                                                                     | [TrainingResult](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/classification-related-objects/trainingresult)                 |
| [WordRecognitionVariants](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/wordrecognitionvariants)                                                                               | [WordRecognitionVariant](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/wordrecognitionvariant)           |
| [Words](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/words)                                                                                                                   | [Word](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/word)                                               |

## See also

[Item](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/item-method)

[Working with Collections](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-collections)

[Working with Properties](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties)