ActiveX Controls and Spell Checker

[Rosiewednesday]

Hello all,

I have created a document using ActiveX Controls in a text box. I did this
so I could limit the number of characters typed into the form. I've tried
running the Spell Checker macro that was given on Microsoft's site from MVPs
(I couldn't get this to work at all- not quite sure what to delete from the
site to VB), and this macro:

Sub SCForm()
ActiveDocument.Unprotect
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.LanguageID = wdEnglishUS
ActiveDocument.CheckSpelling
ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True
End Sub


It now checks the spelling in the form fields, but still not in the ActiveX
text box. Help!

Thanks,
Rosie

 

[Rosiewednesday]

What if I unprotect the document? I can't get it to spell check in that area
still, but is there anything I could do in this situation? I actually think
it would be better to have it unprotected. Doesn't the character count
feature still work when the document is unprotected? That's really all I
need.

 

[Rosiewednesday]

Thanks for the tip. I have follow-up questions concerning that now. I've
inserted a Legacy Form fields text box. It won't spell check this.
Everything else I have in the form is a RichText content control, and it's
spell checking that with the macro once protected. So I tried inserting a
RichText content control into the Legacy form field. It won't spell check
that either (but it's doing everything else). It's worked maybe once out of
the 50 times I've tried it, and I'm not sure what I did to make it different
those times. It seems like it's just hit or miss.

I'm not even really sure what the difference between regular text/richtext
is, or legacy form fields vs. these content controls. I just need to get
this spell checker to work WHILE limiting characters. It seems to be an
impossible task...

 

[Rosiewednesday]

We are talking about the Macro. I am using the Macro, and it is spell
checking everything but the form field that is character limited. How can I
fix this?