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LanguageDatabase Object (ILanguageDatabase Interface)

This object provides means for performing advanced operations with recognition languages. It allows you to work with the whole set of ABBYY FineReader Engine predefined languages, and also to import custom languages. This object allows you to create compound recognition language of several predefined languages and/or imported custom languages.

You may combine the loaded custom languages with each other and with predefined languages and use them for text recognition. You may choose not to load any custom languages into the language database. In this case, only the predefined languages will be available.

Note: You can create custom recognition languages in the Windows version of ABBYY FineReader Engine.

Properties

Name Type Description
Application Engine, read-only Returns the Engine object.
DictionaryExtensionsPath BSTR

Specifies the full path to the folder with dictionary extension files (*.ame). These files contain words added to the dictionary by the user; they can only be created for languages that already have standard dictionary support. These files can be created in ABBYY FineReader, where they are called user dictionaries. ABBYY FineReader stores extensions of standard dictionaries in the %appdata%\ABBYY\FineReader\15\FineReaderShell\UserDictionaries folder.

Note: You can edit dictionary extension as a user dictionary via the Dictionary object, which can be received with the help of the OpenDictionaryExtension method.

By default, this property contains the path to the UserDictionaries folder, located in the FineReader Engine data folder (/var/lib/ABBYY/SDK/12/FineReader Engine for automatic installation).

Methods

Name Description
CreateCompoundTextLanguage Creates the TextLanguage object of one or more predefined and/or custom languages included in the language database.
CreateNewDictionary Creates a new empty user dictionary at the specified location and returns interface pointer of the Dictionary object associated with it.
CreateTextLanguage Creates the TextLanguage object.
LoadFrom Loads custom languages into the language database.
OpenDictionaryExtension Provides access to the dictionary extension of the standard dictionary for the specified language. The path to the dictionary extension is defined by the DictionaryExtensionsPath property.
OpenExistingDictionary Opens an existing user dictionary for editing.

Output parameter

This object is the output parameter of the CreateLanguageDatabase method of the Engine object.

Samples

The object is used in the following code samples: CustomLanguage, CommandLineInterface.

See also

Working with Languages

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