Question:
I’m looking for a third-party library that does spell check and has some grammar rules.
Answer:
You have two solutions to this problem. One: you can purchase a third-party control and integrate it into your application. A good example that works with PowerBuilder is Visual Speller from Visual Components (a Sybase company).
A second solution if you have a word processor that support OLE automation installed in your user base is to use the built-in spelling checker for the application. Word is a good example, and the spell checker can easily be integrated into PowerBuilder. The following block of code is an example:
This is a function that accepts a string by reference and return an integer return code:
OleObject lole_SpellLong ll_RCSetPointer( HourGlass! )// Connect to word and do spell checklole_Spell = CREATE OleObjectll_RC = lole_Spell.ConnectToNewObject( 'Word.Application' )IF ll_RC <> 0 THEN DESTROY lole_Spell RETURN ll_RCEND IFlole_Spell.Application.Visible = Falselole_Spell.Application.WindowState = 2lole_Spell.Documents.Add()lole_Spell.Selection.TypeText( as_Text )lole_Spell.Selection.HomeKey()lole_Spell.Selection.MoveStart()lole_Spell.ActiveDocument.CheckSpelling()lole_Spell.ActiveDocument.Select()as_Text = lole_Spell.Selection.Textlole_Spell.ActiveDocument.Close( False )lole_Spell.Application.Quitlole_Spell.DisconnectObject()DESTROY lole_SpellRETURN 1
