The Text Objects: 2.9 General Text Features: Spell-Checking

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Like search-and-replace, spell-checking is a function of the text library and is available globally to all applications and libraries that use text objects. GEOS uses a licensed Houghton-Mifflin dictionary and spell-checking engine; this engine as well as the common UI are available to each application and library that uses a text object. The spelling checker, like the search-and-replace mechanism, interacts intelligently with the text object and the UI to ensure that only one spell-check dialog box is on the screen.

The simplest and most efficient way to include spell-checking in your application is to include an object of SpellControlClass in your application, linking it to the text object to spell-check. This controller is discussed in Search and Replace and Spell-Checking .


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