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Is there a way of running a spell checker on a memo field?

Ollie,

You could check each word against a dictionary everytime the space is pressed, or just once when the text is going to be saved

Ollie wrote:Is there a way of running a spell checker on a memo field?

Perhaps that helps you.

http://www.jbooth-consulting.com/products_speller.asp

Thanks NK - It looks promising - will try it.

Antonio - when you said "against a dictionary" did you mean a DBF file filled with words or a .DIC file?

Ollie,

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when you said "against a dictionary" did you mean a DBF file filled with words or a .DIC file?
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Both solutions may be fine, though you may get faster searches for words if you use a DBF (filled with words) and an index

1. Is it possible to use MS-word's speller via some kind of ActiveX?

2. Where can you obtain a dbf filled with dictionary words?

Reinaldo.

Reinaldo

There are possibly easier ways (to fill a dbf with dictionary words) but you could download the appropriate dictionary file from Open Office and write a little xBase program to put the words into a dbf. They are in clear text so it shouldn't be very hard to do.

Just a suggestion.

xProgrammer

x;

Couldn't find the clear text dictionary for download. If you have a link or can send the dictionary over, I'd appreciate it.

reinaldo <dot> crespo <at> gmail <dot> com


Thank you.


Reinaldo.

I use a 3rd party spell checker that is included in the application, and it works fine with memo fields. It is used by a wide variety of applications and is easy to implement ...

The license is royalty free for distribution.

Check it out at: www.wintertree-software.com

Tim;

I downloaded the 30 day trial version. Would you please send me some xharb code to test the library?

reinaldocrespo at structuredsystems dot com

Thank you.

reinaldo.

I'm sending it to your email today.

This is the spell checker you will find in many products on the market. It is very widely used.

Tim, can you send to me?

norberto@windowslive.com

thanks

The following code is used for activating the spell checker from Wintertree:

To check a memofield useing a database object, here is a call:

REDEFINE BUTTON ID 882 of oDcl ACTION( oCli:climpd := SpellOne( oCli:climpd ), oCli:save(), oDcl:update() ) ;
MESSAGE "Check the spelling on the notes"

Here is the code for functions needed in your program:

// Declare include files
#INCLUDE "fivewin.ch"
#define HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 2147483650

STATIC hDLL2

FUNCTION Spellone( TxtString )
LOCAL pText := TxtString
LOCAL pTextLen, pNewLen
MEMVAR oWnd

pTextLen := LEN( pText )
pText += SPACE(250)
pNewLen := LEN ( pText )

hDLL2 := LoadLibrary( "SSCE5432.dll" )

SSCE_SetKey( 9999999999 ) // User will get a license code
SSCE_SetRegTreeName( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wintertree\SSCE\" )
SSCE_CheckBlockDlg( oWnd, @pText, pTextLen, pNewLen )

FreeLibrary( hDLL2 )

RETURN( pText ) // TxtString )


FUNCTION SetDict // A function to set the path in the registry ... needs a calling button or menu entry
LOCAL oReg, cName, uVar, cDicPath
cDicPath := DiskName( ) + ":\" + TRIM(CurDir( ) ) + "\"

oReg := TReg32():Create( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Wintertree\SSCE" )
// Call Set with an empty string to access the default key
oReg:Set( "MainLexPath", cDicPath )
oReg:Set( "UserLexPath", cDicPath )
oReg:Set( "MainLexFiles", "ssceam.tlx,ssceam2.clx" )
oReg:Set( "UserLexFiles", "userdic.tlx,correct.tlx,html.tlx" )
MsgStop( "Windows registry updated!" )
oReg:Close()


RETURN NIL


DLL32 FUNCTION SSCE_SetKey( pID AS LONG ) AS LONG PASCAL LIB hDLL2 // "SSCE5432.DLL"

DLL32 FUNCTION SSCE_CheckBlockDlg( pHandle AS LONG, pText AS STRING, pTextLen AS LONG, pNewLen AS LONG ) ;
AS LONG PASCAL LIB hDLL2 // "SSCE5432.DLL"

DLL32 FUNCTION SSCE_SetRegTreeName( pRegName AS STRING ) AS LONG LIB hDLL2 // "SSCE5432.DLL"

Tim;

I'd like to set lexicon filenames using the option to specify from ini file:

SSCE_S16 SSCE_SetMainLexPath(const char *path);

Below is my code: But get a run time error.

Can you help?

Thank you.

Sorry. My mistake. All is well.

Everything works just perfectly.

BTW Tim, excellent product! Thank you very much.

Reinaldo.