Spell-checking

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by cdshearer >> Mon, 24 Mar 2003 3:41:53 GMT

Hi all

I'm after a spell-check tool to integrate into a Jade system. From previous posts on the newsgroups it appears that some systems are using a spell-check component (actually, the Parsys system does too). What is the consensus for the best Jade-compatible one. Are there any gotchas? Pricing?

Thanks

Craig Shearer

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by cnwdad1 >> Mon, 24 Mar 2003 3:59:56 GMT

I haven't tried any 3rd-party spell-checkers, but if you have JADE's BaseSchema, it has one (written in JADE).

regards,
darrell.

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by allistar >> Mon, 24 Mar 2003 5:07:53 GMT

The spell checking component the Parsys application uses is the "
Sentry Spelling Checker Engine" or SSCE for short. You use it by
either passing the HWND of the textbox or you can define an external function and pass it the string you want to check (this is the way the Parsys application works). (Information from Brian Johnstone, Jade support).

It is not too difficult to implement a spell checker, as long as you
have access to a decent enough dictionary. This would take a while and
it would probably be cheaper to buy a 3rd party one.

Regards,
Allistar.

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by jadesupport >> Tue, 25 Mar 2003 1:48:09 GMT

Allistar has already indicated the spell checker that Parsys uses.

The Web Site for this spell checker is: http://www.wintertree-software.com

Thanks,
Brian Johnstone,
JADE Support.

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by Craig >> Sat, 3 Apr 2004 5:19:18 GMT

Just tried to use the Sentry Spell Checker in a JADE application but get the problem that the text is corrected, but the .text property on the textbox always gives me back to old text, rather than the corrected text. What's the trick to forcing the text to be updated so my JADE app can see it?

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by JADE Support >> Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:32:27 GMT

This problem has already been addressed in the 6.0 release. As a workaround, you can use the following logic on 5.2 to ensure the text matches the changes that the spell checker has made:

txtSampleText.selStart := 0;
txtSampleText.selLength := -1; // select the entire text txtSampleText.text := txtSampleText.selText; // retrieve the selected text & update value

Thanks,
JADE Support.

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by cnwsc2 >> Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:12:42 GMT

Hi Criag,
The best spell checker that I have found avaliable is 'Quick Speller'. Currently I am using it at the moment writing this reply.
It works inside anything even spell checking your development in 'Jade'.

You can download a 30 day evaluation copy from Fornada Software.
web: http://www.fornada.com
email: sales@fornada.com

Why develop code if there are good third party tools available that can do what you require.
Shane.