DictionaryDescription Object (IDictionaryDescription Interface)
This object is a dictionary description which may be typecast to one of its child objects: StandardDictionaryDescription, UserDictionaryDescription, RegExpDictionaryDescription, or ExternalDictionaryDescription. These objects provide access to descriptions of four different dictionary types and inherit all the properties of the DictionaryDescription object. They are also elements of the DictionaryDescriptions collection.
Properties
Name | Type | Description |
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Application | Engine, read-only | Returns the Engine object. |
Type | DictionaryTypeEnum, read-only | Returns the type of the dictionary. |
Weight | int |
Stores the dictionary weight in percentage points. This value must be non-negative. By default, this property is set to 100%. |
Methods
Name | Description |
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GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription | Returns the dictionary description as the ExternalDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not an external dictionary description, NULL is returned. |
GetAsRegExpDictionaryDescription | Returns the dictionary description as the RegExpDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not a regular-expression-based dictionary description, NULL is returned. |
GetAsStandardDictionaryDescription | Returns the dictionary description as the StandardDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not a standard dictionary description, NULL is returned. |
GetAsUserDictionaryDescription | Returns the dictionary description as the UserDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not a user dictionary description, NULL is returned. |
Related objects
Output parameter
This object is the output parameter of the Item method of the DictionaryDescriptions object.
Samples
C# code
The object is used in the following code samples: CustomLanguage.
See also
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