# HyphenationList.MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint Property

> Specifies the minimum number of syllables before a compound hyphenation point. The default value is 1.

- **Product:** TX Spell .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 4.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Proofing`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TXSpell.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXSpell.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TXSpell.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXSpell.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXSpell.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Spell .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.Proofing > HyphenationList.MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/hyphenationlist/minsyllablesbeforecompoundhyphenationpoint-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/hyphenationlist/minsyllablesbeforecompoundhyphenationpoint-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/hyphenationlist/minsyllablesbeforecompoundhyphenationpoint-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies the minimum number of syllables before a compound hyphenation point. The default value is 1.

### Syntax

```csharp
public int MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint As Integer
```

### Examples

The following example uses `HyphenationList.MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint` to configure min syllables before compound hyphenation point as part of the hyphenation list workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
hyphenationList.MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint = 10;
Console.WriteLine($"Min Syllables Before Compound Hyphenation Point used by Hyphenation List: {hyphenationList.MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint}");
```

```vbnet
hyphenationList.MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint = 10
Console.WriteLine($"Min Syllables Before Compound Hyphenation Point used by Hyphenation List: {hyphenationList.MinSyllablesBeforeCompoundHyphenationPoint}")
```

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