HOWTO: VB3: Use the Word SpellChecker Via OLE Automation

ID: Q114020

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic programming system for Windows, version 3.0 - Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

SUMMARY

This article shows by example how to use the built-in SpellChecker from Microsoft Word version 6.0 to check the spelling of the contents of a text box in a Microsoft Visual Basic version 3.0 application.

The example takes the contents of a 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.

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Step-by-Step Example

1. Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add a text box (Text1) and command button (Command1) to Form1.

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 SpellCheck"
         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 Form1:

      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. Run the program.

Click the Command1 button, and go through 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, you will get a Message box telling you that the Spell Check is complete. The results inserted back into the Text1 text box should say this:

   The Seattle SuperSonics are going all the way this year!!

Keywords          : kbprg kbVBp300 IAPOLE vbwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: October 1, 1997