Small Basic - New Dictionary Object

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Today I'd like to write about Dictionary object which has been renewed in Small Basic 1.2.

Ed Price told "Dictionary.com changed their API, so we lost use of that object in Small Basic 1.0 and 1.1. We finally got it fixed for 1.2." in comment of a last week blog post.  So, GetDefinitionInFrench operation has made obsolete in Small Basic 1.2.

Now we have the following 17 operations for Dictionary object.  Other than GetDefinition operation are new ones.

  • GetDefinition
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToEnglish
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToFrench
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToGerman
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToItalian
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToJapanese
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToKorean
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToSimplifiedChinese
  • GetDefinitionEnglishToTraditionalChinese
  • GetDefinitionFrenchToEnglish
  • GetDefinitionGermanToEnglish
  • GetDefinitionItalianToEnglish
  • GetDefinitionJapaneseToEnglish
  • GetDefinitionKoreanToEnglish
  • GetDefinitionSimplifiedChineseToEnglish
  • GetDefinitionTraditionalChineseToEnglish

I made a sample program ZRS542-0 for these new operations.  You can try these 17 operations with click on a right top rectangle in this program.  And following pictures are the screen shots.

See also an updated TechNet Wiki article Small Basic: Dictionary.