# UserDefinedPropertyDictionary.Item Property

> Gets a document property from the dictionary. In C# this property is the indexer for the UserDefinedPropertyDictionary class. The property returns an object of the type System.String, System.Boolean, System.Int32 or System.Double which is the value associated with the specified name.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl > UserDefinedPropertyDictionary.Item Property
- **483 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/userdefinedpropertydictionary/item-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/userdefinedpropertydictionary/item-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/userdefinedpropertydictionary/item-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets a document property from the dictionary. In C# this property is the indexer for the UserDefinedPropertyDictionary class. The property returns an object of the type `System.String`, `System.Boolean`, `System.Int32` or `System.Double` which is the value associated with the specified name.

### Syntax

```csharp
public object this[string name] { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Default Public Property Item(name As String) As Object
```

### Examples

The following example changes the document's review status through the dictionary indexer.

```csharp
UserDefinedPropertyDictionary properties = new();
properties.Add("ReviewStatus", "Approved");
properties.Add("Department", "Finance");
properties["ReviewStatus"] = "Published";
```

```vbnet
Dim properties As New UserDefinedPropertyDictionary()
properties.Add("ReviewStatus", "Approved")
properties.Add("Department", "Finance")
properties.Item("ReviewStatus") = "Published"
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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