Richard MacLemale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recently wrote: >Why? I'm trying to create a spell check engine that does spell checking "on >the fly", the same way that Microsoft Word 98 does. I've gotten pretty >darned far with it, but I need a way of checking the spelling words that the >user pastes. If I HAVE to, I can check every word in the whole entire field >each time the pasteKey message occurs, but my preference would be to find a >better solution. If you are looking for a spell-checker for MetaCard, Richard, one is already available called spellCheck.mc with a 130,000 word dictionary. It can be called at any time simply by using spellcheck <string>. start using stack "spellCheck" spellcheck word 1 to 3 of fld "myField" spellcheck "Just a test" spellcheck fld 1 A copy was sent to Scott and Kevin for their Contributions directories and it is also on www.flexibleLearning.com in the XTalk section. To handle your paste situation, you could trap for an end of word or closeField. /H Hugh Senior The Flexible Learning Company Consultant Programming & Software Solutions Fax/Voice: +44 (0)1483.27 87 27 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flexibleLearning.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
