help writing dictionary program

Hey guys,

I need help writing a program. I need to write a program that lets the user to enter a word, the program send the word to an online dictionary, checks for its definition. The program then gets the response back, parses the response, and gets rid of unnecessary content and shows only the definition.

I know basics of C#. I just need some direction on this because its more complex then anything that I have done so far.

I know how to access web pages and all that stuff using C#. My biggest problem would be getting rid of any extra information.

Thanks in advance guys. I really appreciate the help.

If you want to use an online dictionary, then the provider of that dictionary needs to expose a Web Service. You can then add that service to your code and call it in a similar way to a local function. Web service calls are usually chargeable though.

If you search the web for some obscure word, you may find a text file that has 60,000+ words in it. I remember finding a few a while back. You could download the file and include it in a local database/dll assuming all you want is a spell checker.