Text Box Spell Check

[Ryan]

Is there anyway to enable spell-checking for user input in a Text Box?
Either auto spell-check or create a spell-check button. Using VB 2005.

 

[Rad [Visual C# MVP]]

Is there anyway to enable spell-checking for user input in a Text Box?
Either auto spell-check or create a spell-check button. Using VB 2005.

Certainly not directly ... To do that you'll need some sort of third party
tool to do that. You could automate the office spell checker engine but i
think there may be licensing issues with that approach.

Or you could use a library like NetSpell
http://www.loresoft.com/Applications/NetSpell/default.aspx

 

[Ryan]

Hmmm.. this is unfortunate. A function built-in to Access as early as
version '97 doesn't make it into Visual Studio 2005? There's got to be a
way to spell-check.

 

[Marina Levit [MVP]]

What development framework actually have support for spell checking? I don't
know of any. Please name some, preferably mainstream.

The .NET framework does not ship with a spell checking component. As you can
imagine, this would be a very complicated thing to write, especially given
internationalization, would MS be then expected to ship a version that could
spell check all the languages?

In any case, there are probably some free components out there - there is
the usual risk you take with those. There are also plenty of places selling
fully functional spell checkers that include support, etc.

Hmmm.. this is unfortunate. A function built-in to Access as early as
version '97 doesn't make it into Visual Studio 2005? There's got to be a
way to spell-check.

 

[Ryan]

In any case, there are probably some free components out there - there is

the usual risk you take with those. There are also plenty of places
selling fully functional spell checkers that include support, etc.

Do you have any recommendations?

What development framework actually have support for spell checking? I
don't know of any. Please name some, preferably mainstream.

The .NET framework does not ship with a spell checking component. As you
can imagine, this would be a very complicated thing to write, especially
given internationalization, would MS be then expected to ship a version
that could spell check all the languages?

 

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Ryan,

Yes, currently there is no built-in spelling check in .NET framework.
Developing a spelling check function on your own requires dictionary and
other components, which seems to be very complex. In this case, it's better
to use a 3rd-party component to achieve this.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Ryan]

Thanks for the info. I'm looking for recommendations. Has anyone tried
this one?
http://www.componentsource.com/products/componentone-spell-net/index.html

 

[Ryan]

Is building in spellcheck to applications really that unpopular? What do
you use, anyone?

 

[Ryan]

Just a follow up. I decided on using ComponentOne's spell check object. So
far have implemented it in 2 production applications and feedback has been
positive. A lot of the other objects that come with the package are pretty
handy as well.

Ryan

 

[RobinS]

Thanks for posting your solution. I'm sure others will find it helpful.
Robin S.
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[Bruce W. Darby]

Ryan,

Just a word of caution. The company I work for uses Component One grid
objects in our software. Another company in the same industry, different
focus, also uses Component One's grid objects and both of us have to be very
careful about how we register the objects. Component One provided us with an
application to register their objects literally, while they provided a
method to the other company to register the files referentially. The two
methods do not work well together at all. We are trying to get Component One
to fix this issue, but so far they have been unresponsive. The closest we
have been able to come to a resolution to this issue is to get rid of the
Component One objects or have the two applications installed on two seperate
computers.

Bruce

 

[Rad [Visual C# MVP]]

Ryan,

Just a word of caution. The company I work for uses Component One grid
objects in our software. Another company in the same industry, different
focus, also uses Component One's grid objects and both of us have to be very
careful about how we register the objects. Component One provided us with an
application to register their objects literally, while they provided a
method to the other company to register the files referentially. The two
methods do not work well together at all. We are trying to get Component One
to fix this issue, but so far they have been unresponsive. The closest we
have been able to come to a resolution to this issue is to get rid of the
Component One objects or have the two applications installed on two seperate
computers.

Bruce

Hear hear! I've also had quite a number of problems with component one's
controls ... I've had enough and after evaluating Infragistics and
DevExpress for 2 months now I'm still unable to pick one horse and run with
it!

Here's a spell check component that looks interesting --plus comes with
full source code. Not free though

http://www.polarsoftware.com/products/spellchecker/index.asp

 

[Ryan]

Bruce,

Thanks for the warning. All the software I develop is only used in-house
(currently) so at the time being I don't forsee any conflicts with other 3rd
party software. I will definitely keep this issue in mind though.

Ryan