I have only created two programs with VB2008 (iPad, found here for download). I have it perfect for now, well maybe a few flaws, but i would like to add a spell check to it. Dose any one know how to do this? If so please let me know!

Thank you so so much,

Charles

try these links for example how to do it
http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_spellcheck.html
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=246451
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/UploadFile/scottlysle/VBspellcheckCC06162007043324AM/VBspellcheckCC.aspx
kaymaf

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THis helps but is there a way to do it without word? Like creating a database full of words and if one of the words dont match one its considered missspelled?

That is only way i know if you want to do spell check with Microsoft VS. There may be another ways but you have to do online search. So if you want to create your own words library, that is fine. It will be nice if you have specific words about 1000 but do the whole dictionary will be alot of work. Well good luck
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okay well im new to this so do you know how i would start this? Please help thanks!

if you have microsoft office installed on your computer, then you can try to use the code in the above links.
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i know this, but i want to be able to do it without Microsoft Office.

i dont have any other option for you, if dont want to use microsoft word spell check engine in your application.You have to be good in programming in order to create your own words database for spell check. To create a database is the easy part but the code to do the spell check,you have to know regular expression, your searching algorithms, link list, tree and node.
try to read about sample program on this link, this is C++ program.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/spelldictionary.aspx

if you want to buy third-party engine
http://www.aspnetspell.com/vb.net-spell-check.aspx
http://www.wintertree-software.com/dev/ssce/windowssdk.html

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okay... well could i copy the microsoft speelchecker into the programs files (the iPad files) so it can be transfered with it when its installed? If so, how would i do this?

you are not copy anything, what you have do is to reference to microsoft word object model through Add reference.
if you follow those three links above in my first post, it will show you how to do that.
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Or try this code snippet. I got it from Derek Smyth's post in VB Express forum. This code sample uses one WPF RichtextBox control for spell checking.

Imports System.Windows.Forms.Integration
Public Class Form1
Public Sub New()
' This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
' allows WPF controls to be hosted in a Win32 application
Dim wpfRTFHost As New ElementHost
' create an instance of RTF box and enable SpellCheck
Dim wpfRTFBox As New System.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox()
System.Windows.Controls.SpellCheck.SetIsEnabled(wpfRTFBox, True)
' hosts the WPF control, fills the window
wpfRTFHost.Child = wpfRTFBox
wpfRTFHost.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
' add to the Win32 window
Me.Controls.Add(wpfRTFHost)
End Sub
End Class

'Add a reference to PresentationCore.dll, PresentationFramework.dll, WindowsBase.dll, WindowsFormsIntegration.dll

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unfortuantely that code didnt work.

And i guess im not getting the answer i need. So i guess ill have to try everything i know (which isnt much).

But one more thing, how would i make it so that when someone clicked the X close button in the window it shows a dialog box? Ya know like in notepad, word, wordpad, etc.

If you know that you are not getting the answer you want, then close the thread by mark any of the post as answer.
Again the question about close X button, this is another question, next time you need to open another thread for that. The code below will do it
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
Dim dg As DialogResult
dg = MsgBox("Do you want to exit?", MsgBoxStyle.Question + MsgBoxStyle.YesNo, "EXIT") If dg = DialogResult.Yes Then 'this block will be executed if dialog result is yes,
'you can do whatever you want here
e.Cancel = False
Else
'form will not be close, if you click on No
e.Cancel = True
End If
End Sub

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Hi Ccr05,

If you want to add spell check for WinForm application, the above code can satisfy your requirement. Just clarify your scenario why it didn't work for your scenario.

About your second issue, you need to handle FormClosing event to implement your requirement.

Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing
If (MessageBox.Show("test", "options", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel) = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) Then
''other code
Else
e.Cancel = True
End If
End Sub
End Class


Riquel

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you already post your question again in another thread, just close this thread by mark any of the post as answer so that we can move on
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okay... thought i did close it my bad! But you aint gotta be a b about it okay. Now if you want me to close it so bad tell me how!!!!

okay... thought i did close it my bad! But you aint gotta be a b about it okay. Now if you want me to close it so bad tell me how!!!!

lol ccr05..
just found this in your threads, since i replied to one of your posts.. you can not close the thread unless you get a correct answer, and unless the answer is the answer to your question, do not mark anything and unmark the ones that do not help you at all..

nice post by the way.. if you haven't accomplished this, and want to know how to make your own list for the spell check, i might be able to help..
at least you'll have something for starters, if you haven't yet.
trujade

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Hey trujade, Yeah ive noticed that you have helped me out alot on every thread i have, yeah that would be great, i still havent been able to figure that out yet, and i have been getting a lot of questions about my spell checker on my program and i would like to add it so i can move past that and get on to something else. So thank you! That would be great!!!

just give me a little bit to get something together to get you started. i haven't done anything with such a topic, but it should not take me long to figure something out..
thanx for the kind words..
trujade.

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ccr05..
i have tried the whole day to figure out a way how to create a spell check, and no luck whatsoever..
i've googled for ideas, and basically all the links were related to using the msWord app as a reference for the spell check.

unless, you are planning on writing the whole english language in a file, to be able to have your app check from there for correct spelling, and have another file that consists of having similar words to those misspelled ones, i'm pretty much out of suggestions.

sorry to get your hopes up..
trujade.

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Hi Charles,

Please let us see why the above code snippet by using WPF RictTextBox control doesn't work in your scenario. It adds a spell check in RichTextBox control.

Let me make a couple of recommendations about asking questions.

1.) The guidelines specifies one question per thread. When that question is answered start another thread with a clearly stated problem in the thread title.

2.) When you have a question about your code, post the code. No one can answer questions about why your code isn't working without seeing the code.

3.) When you have an error, specify exactly what the error is and where it occurs in the code. Minimize the use of pronouns because they are ambiguous.

Best regards,
Riquel

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I havent posted in a while, but i have almost full word list of English dictionary. No words are cap though. The link to download it is below. Does anyone think they can help me make a spell check now?

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

ccr05 , view following link for a code solution to locate words, no matter how typed..

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/thread/97c58d33-d9d5-4a2c-867f-90019cdfff77/

second marked answer containing this part.

For Each word In Words
word = word.ToLower

hope it helps.
i can see you are dedicate to this spell check.. ;o)

about helping you, we always find time.

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i live here and this is my reason.. trujade.

To write your own spell checker is a very big job.The problem is that you are looking for exceptions, so your search for matches has to be very thorough.Some of the things you will need to do are:

Decide what constitutes a word. For instance:
- More than one character delineated withspace/newline, pubctuationetc
- No embedded caps
- No embedded numbers
- No first cap unless first word in sentence

Standardise the word - eg, make all lower case, remove any dashes, apostrophe, brackets, quotation marks.

When you are ready to look up the word in the list, you need to consider what the list contains. For instance, the list probably doesn't include plurals of nouns, so if you get a match on everything up to a final s, will you assume that it is the correct spelling for a plural noun?

Does the list include all forms of verbs? If not, then if you get a match on a stem, can you assume it is the correct form of a verb if the unmatched characters are a legal ending (ing, ed etc)? Does your list indicate what endings are legal for each word? How does your list indicate howendings are added (eg, make, making)?

Your lookup of the list will have to be very efficient, or the process will be too slow to be usable.An index to the start of each letter would be useful.Your list willl also have to be compressed. A common form of compression for a sorted list is to use a count character at the start of each entry to indicate how many letters do not change from the previous entry. Eg

m
<1>a
<2>ce
<2>d
<3>e
<2>gic
<5>ian

You can save a lot of space in the file by not using a separator between each word. Setting the high bit of the first or lastcharacter for each word would work.

A checker isn't much use without a suggestion for the correct word, so you wil need to develop an algorithm for guessing what the correct word might be. This will involve scanning the list for legal words (with endings, if required) similar to the mis-spelled word.

I should mention a few things. Its not going to check for grammer, such as capitalization. Just spelling. And trujade, ill look at your tread and get back to you. wow thats a big thread lol.