Dictionary Interface
Represents a dictionary.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in microsoft.office.interop.word.dll)
Usage
Public Class ictionaryImplementation
Implements Dictionary
End Class
Dim ictionaryImplementation1 As New ictionaryImplementation()
Syntax
Public Interface Dictionary
public interface Dictionary
public interface class Dictionary
public interface Dictionary
public interface Dictionary
Remarks
Dictionary objects that represent custom dictionaries are members of the Dictionaries collection. Other dictionary objects are returned by properties of the Language collection; these include the ActiveSpellingDictionary, ActiveGrammarDictionary, ActiveThesaurusDictionary, and ActiveHyphenationDictionary properties. You can use these properties for each language for which proofing tools are installed.
Use CustomDictionaries(index), where index is an index number or the string name for the dictionary, to return a single Dictionary object that represents a custom dictionary.
Use the ActiveCustomDictionary property to set the custom spelling dictionary in the collection to which new words are added. If you try to set this property to a dictionary that's not a custom dictionary, an error occurs.
Use the Add method to add a new dictionary to the collection of active custom dictionaries. If there's no file with the specified name, Microsoft Word creates it.
Use the Name and Path property to locate any of the dictionaries.
Use the LanguageSpecific property to determine whether the specified custom dictionary can have a specific language assigned to it with the LanguageID property. If the dictionary is language specific, it will verify only text that's formatted for the specified language.
The ReadOnly property returns True for .lex files (built-in proofing dictionaries) and False for .dic files (custom spelling dictionaries).
Platforms
Development Platforms
Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000
Target Platforms
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace