CreateNewDictionary Method of the LanguageDatabase Object

CreateNewDictionary method of the LanguageDatabase Object in the ABBYY FineReader Engine API — Creates an empty user dictionary at the specified location and returns a pointer to the associated Dictionary object.

This method creates a new empty user dictionary at the specified location and returns interface pointer of the Dictionary object associated with it.

Syntax

C++

HRESULT CreateNewDictionary(
  BSTR           FileName,
  LanguageIdEnum LanguageId,
  IDictionary**  Result
);

C#

IDictionary CreateNewDictionary(
  string         FileName,
  LanguageIdEnum LanguageId
);

Visual Basic .NET

Function CreateNewDictionary( _
  FileName As String, _
  LanguageId As LanguageIdEnum, _
) As IDictionary

Parameters

FileName

[in] Contains the full path to the dictionary file to be created. If the specified dictionary file already exists, it is overwritten without prompt.

LanguageId

[in] A variable of LanguageIdEnum type that defines the language for the dictionary.

Result

[out, retval] A pointer to IDictionary* pointer variable that receives the interface pointer of the Dictionary object associated with the newly created dictionary. You may then edit this dictionary via this object methods.

Return values

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

See also

Working with Dictionaries

LanguageDatabase

Dictionary