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Still in Dark Ages when it comes to Spell Checking.
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16/06/1998 14:12:53
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
00108760
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00108767
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Hi David ---

We are living in a component world. It is not reasonable to expect a spellchecker in a database tool...however, you can always hook into Word's spellchecker. Look at some of the example stuff John Petersen has posted into the files section to import functionality from other applications.


>I am fairly new to VFP5, but I can't believe that in this day and age, one still can't do a spellcheck on an editbox whilst in a form.!! (Or am I wrong and have I missed something?)
>
>Does this mean that we are still almost where dBase III was is the mid 1980's? I can still remember having to dump all the contents of a dbf's memo fields out to a text file, open a wordprocessor to do all the spell checking, and then import it all back again. It seems that very little has changed.
>
>What is M$ case when it comes to Spell checking? Don't they want people running distributed applications to have correct spelling? Why can't we have spellchecking when running a form and editing a memo field (editbox)? In "computer years", I think we are still in the dark ages in this regard.
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>Just my feelings. Any thoughts?
>
>Regards
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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