Trying to find a physical dictionary

[t0M]

It's nearly impossible to find anything on this because of the
Dictionary class, included within the dotnet framework, that pollutes
any search results pertinent to my question.

I want to be able to access an array of words, just like it were a
physical dictionary. It's for a stupid little project, but it
involves decryption. Is there a file that Word has which contains
this collection of words that I can import somehow into my dotnet
code?

You know in Linux, it's really easy. Hopefully someone can shed some
light on M$ way of doing so.

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

The dictionary in word is not accessible unless thru the automation API. If
you add words to a "custom" dictionary it is just a simple text file with
one "word" per line. I would imagine as in any good application the
dictionary is in a format which allows for quick searches, something that a
simple text file will not allow.

The files word uses are found at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\Proof. If you attempt to load them into notepad you will see the
words but with other info in between the words. This info most likely
provides thesaurus info and info about plurarization.

Lloyd Sheen