GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription Method of the DictionaryDescription Object

GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription method of the DictionaryDescription Object in the ABBYY FineReader Engine API — Returns the dictionary description cast to ExternalDictionaryDescription, or NULL if it is not an external dictionary description.

This method returns the dictionary description as the ExternalDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not an external dictionary description, NULL is returned.

Syntax

C++

HRESULT GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription( IExternalDictionaryDescription** Result );

C#

IExternalDictionaryDescription GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription();

Visual Basic .NET

Function GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription() As IExternalDictionaryDescription

Parameters

Result

[out, retval] A pointer to IExternalDictionaryDescription* pointer variable that receives the interface pointer to the returned ExternalDictionaryDescription object.

Return values

This method has no specific return values. It returns the standard return codes of ABBYY FineReader Engine functions.

See also

DictionaryDescription

ExternalDictionaryDescription