# MS Dictionary Builder

The MS Dictionary Builder application is a utility program to convert Microsoft's Glossary CSV files to IniTranslator dictionaries. You can download the csv files you are interested in from Microsofts FTP site at this adress: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/msdn/newup/Glossary.

The application looks like this:

Input Files
  The files you want to convert to dct format. Add one file specification per row. Click the Select button to browse for files using the standard open dialog. Note that wildcards are not supported.
Save converted items to
  Specify the name of the dictionary file you want to create or append to. Select Append to add the new items to an existing file or Overwrite to replace an existing file. If the file does not exist, it doesn't matter which option you select.

Click on the Convert button to extract the strings fro m the CSV file and put them into the dictionary file.

Note

As of 2006, Microsoft no longer provide the glossary CSV for free download. Instead, they now have a single consolidated csv file known as the MS Terminology Translations CSV. If you still want the old glossary file, you can request them from Microsoft. More information about how to obtain the old CSV files and how to get the new CSV file, go to http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/MILSGlossary.mspx.

Note

Some of the CSV files are not correctly formatted. Specifically, they may contain additional linebreaks that the application cannot handle and the end result is an incorrect dictionary file. To fix this, open the CSV in Notepad or WordPad and remove the line breaks and save as text. You should now be able to create a valid dictionary with this application.