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This object is a collection of dictionary descriptions (DictionaryDescription objects). It provides standard collection functionality. See Working with Collections for details. The DictionaryDescription object can be cast to any of the StandardDictionaryDescription, UserDictionaryDescription, RegExpDictionaryDescription, and ExternalDictionaryDescription objects, which are the descriptions of different dictionary types. The IBaseLanguage::DictionaryDescriptions property provides access to the dictionary descriptions collection. The collection of prohibiting dictionaries is accessible via the TextLanguage object.
  • The indexing of ABBYY FineReader Engine collections starts with 0.
  • The foreach statement in C# (for each in Visual Basic .NET) can be used to manipulate the collection.

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Properties

NameTypeDescription
ApplicationEngine, read-onlyReturns the Engine object.
Countint, read-onlyStores the number of elements in the collection.
ElementDictionaryDescription, read-onlyProvides access to a single element of the collection.

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Methods

NameDescription
AddNewCreates a new dictionary description of the specified type and adds into the collection.
DeleteAllRemoves all the elements from the collection.
DeleteAtRemoves an element from the collection.
ItemProvides access to a single element of the collection.
DictionaryDescriptions Object Diagram

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Samples

// The sample code assigns a user dictionary to a base language
FREngine.IEngine engine;
string dictionaryFileName = "D:\\Sample.amd";
FREngine.IBaseLanguage baseLanguage;
// Get collection of dictionary descriptions of a base language and remove all items
IDictionaryDescriptions dictionaryDescriptions = baseLanguage.DictionaryDescriptions;
dictionaryDescriptions.DeleteAll();
// Create user dictionary description and add it to the collection
IDictionaryDescription dictionaryDescription = dictionaryDescriptions.AddNew( DictionaryTypeEnum.DT_UserDictionary );
IUserDictionaryDescription userDictionaryDescription = dictionaryDescription.GetAsUserDictionaryDescription();
userDictionaryDescription.FileName = dictionaryFileName;
The object is used in the following code samples in Linux and Windows: CustomLanguage.

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See also

Working with Dictionaries DictionaryDescription StandardDictionaryDescription UserDictionaryDescription RegExpDictionaryDescription ExternalDictionaryDescription Working with Collections Working with Properties