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# Edit Method of the Dictionary Object

<Note>
  This method is implemented in FRE for Windows.
</Note>

This method displays the [Dictionary dialog box](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/dictionary/edit-method/dictionary-dialog-box) that allows a user to edit the dictionary. This dialog box allows a user to import any text file in Windows ANSI- and Unicode-encoding (the only requirement is that words must be separated by spaces or other non-alphabetic characters).

## Syntax

### C++

```cpp theme={null}
HRESULT Edit();
```

### C\#

```csharp theme={null}
void Edit();
```

### Visual Basic .NET

```vb theme={null}
Sub Edit()
```

## Return values

This method has no specific return values. It returns the [standard return values of ABBYY FineReader Engine functions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/return-codes).

## Remarks

The dialog box that this methods displays will have the value of the [IDictionary::Name](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/dictionary#name) property as its caption. For correct operation of this method it is necessary to assign a correct value to the [IEngine::ParentWindow](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface/properties#parentwindow) property.

## See also

[Dictionary](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/language-related-objects/dictionary)