PC Forms: Spell Checking Text in an E-Form

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The following example shows how to use Word's built-in spelling checker to check the spelling of the contents of a text box in an E-form.

The example takes the contents of a Microsoft Visual Basic text box, inserts the text into a Word document, and then spell checks the text. After the spell check is complete, you insert the spell checked text from the Word document back into the Visual Basic text box.

Step-by-Step Example

1. Open a new E-form project in Visual Basic.
2. Add a text box (Text1) and a command button (Command1) to the Compose form.
3. Set the multiline property of the text box to True.
4. Add the following code to the Form_Load event:

      Sub Form_Load()
         Command1.Caption = "Press to Spell Check"
         Text1.Text = "The Seattle SuperSonics ar goig all the wa this yeer!"
      End Sub
   						

5. Place the following code in the Command1 Click event procedure of the Compose form:

      Sub Command1_Click ()
         Dim oWDBasic As Object
         Dim sTmpString As String
         Set oWDBasic = CreateObject("Word.Basic")
         oWDBasic.FileNew
         oWDBasic.Insert Text1.Text
         On Error Resume Next
         oWDBasic.ToolsSpelling
         oWDBasic.EditSelectAll
         oWDBasic.SetDocumentVar "MyVar", oWDBasic.Selection
         sTmpString = oWDBasic.GetDocumentVar("MyVar")
         Text1.Text = Left(sTmpString, Len(sTmpString) - 1
         MsgBox "Spell Check is complete"
      End Sub
   						

6. Save the project. Follow the steps listed on pages 25-28 of the Electronic Forms Designer "Developer's Guide" to set the message type, build the project, and update the MSMAIL.INI file.
7. Use the E-Form Browser to open the E-form.
8. Click the Command1 button and perform the following sequence of corrections:

   SuperSonics (Ignore)
   ar (Change to are)
   goig (Change to going)
   wa (Change to way)
   yeer (Change to year)

After the last correction, a Message box appears, stating that the spell check is complete. The results inserted back into the Text1 text box should read as follows: You can modify this example to spell check any of the text boxes in an E-form project.