Here is PC Magazine's answer: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,428392,00.asp
~Claudine :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dennis Fleming Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 4:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Spell Check? Thanks Mike, That sounds pretty fancy, but I guess almost everyone has Word. The key is it accomplishes the objective of being transparent to the user. A little more elegant than my: Copy text, paste into WP, Spellcheck, Copy, (Return RBase), Paste. Dennis ***** At 11:40 AM 9/25/02 -0500, you wrote: >If you have Word, You can spell check through Automation. > >It can be as simple as: > >dim a >dim b >dim c > >Set a = CreateObject("word.application") > >a.WordBasic.FileNew 'open a doc >a.Visible = False 'hide the doc > >b = a.CheckSpelling("boy") >c = a.CheckGrammar("I am a boy.") > >MsgBox b >MsgBox c > >a.Quit >set a = nothing > >wscript.quit(0) > >You would write the contents of your variable to disk in a temp file >then spellcheck it as above (The above is a snippet and not necessarily >loaded with all the things you would do in spellcheck) then pass the >corrected file contents back to RBase via the FileSystemObject as used >in some of my other examples.... > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dennis Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 10:44 AM >Subject: Spell Check? > > >> We've enjoyed incorporating the Launch command to display images >> (using your favorite viewer) and to display graphs (using Excel, >> Quattro Pro, etc.), but not sure how best to address a spell check >> option. (Read Razzak's post as to Launch enhancements.) >> >> I'm thinking 3rd party s/w which is running in the background and >> appears to be part of your app. If Word or Word Perfect is left open >> on your tool bar, I guess you could make spell check somewhat >> transparent to your user. I.e., Copy and then click an EEP button >> which saves to a file, Launch and spell check, and then return to >> your screen form. (Or paste to clipboard and then spell check.) >> >> Anyone doing this? >> >> TIA, >> >> Dennis >> ***** >> Dennis Fleming >> IISCO >> http://www.TheBestCMMS.com >> Phone: 570 775-7593 >> Fax: 570 775-9797 >> ================================================ >> TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >> Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >> ================================================ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In >> the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >> ================================================ >> TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ >> > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In >the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > Dennis Fleming IISCO http://www.TheBestCMMS.com Phone: 570 775-7593 Fax: 570 775-9797 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
