DOCUMENT:Q117212  21-AUG-1999  [foxpro]
TITLE   :How to Use the FoxPro Spelling Checker (SPELLCHK.APP)
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 3.00 | 2.5
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6 
 - Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c 
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SUMMARY
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This article is intended to provide supplemental information on how to use the
FoxPro spelling checker (SPELLCHK.APP). Note that there are no examples showing
how to use the spelling checker in either the manuals or the online Help files.

MORE INFORMATION
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_SPELLCHK is a system memory variable that contains the drive, path, and name of
the spelling checker program. For example, the value contained in the _SPELLCHK
variable might be:

   "C:\FOXPROW\SPELLCHK.APP"

This information can be found in the online Help file by searching for
"SPELLCHK," but cannot be found in any of the manuals.

To illustrate how to use the spelling checker, do the following:

1. Use the Screen Builder to create a screen named TEST.

2. The Setup Code snippet should contain:

         USE tutorial\salesman

3. The Cleanup Code snippet should contain:

         CLOSE ALL

4. Place the following objects on the screen:

   a. A GET object with an input field of SALESMAN.NAME.

   b. An EDIT region object with an input field of SALESMAN.NOTES.

   c. A push button object with a variable field of CHOICE, a push button prompt
      of "Spell Check" (without the quotation marks), and a VALID clause
      procedure containing the following code:

            SET SAFETY OFF
            CREATE TABLE notefile (dummy C(1), notes m)
            APPEND BLANK
            REPLACE notefile.notes WITH salesman.notes

            MODIFY MEMO notefile.notes NOWAIT
            DO (_SPELLCHK)
            CLOSE MEMO notefile.notes
            REPLACE salesman.notes WITH notefile.notes

            USE
            ERASE notefile.dbf
            ERASE notefile.fpt
            ERASE notefile.bak
            SET SAFETY ON

            SELECT salesman
            SHOW GETS

5. Generate the screen, and then run it by issuing the following command in the
   Command window:

         DO TEST.SPR


NOTE: The file MSSPELL.DLL, which is a dynamic-link library installed by
Microsoft Word 6.0, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft Works
for Windows, must be present in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM or WINDOWS\MSAPPS\PROOF
subdirectory for SPELLCHK.APP to work.

MSSPELL.DLL is owned and licensed by a third-party vendor. To use this DLL, you
must contact the vendor and obtain a licensing agreement. The vendor will
require a nominal fee for licensing the usage of its DLL.

Soft-Art's owns MSSPELL.DLL and can be reached at:

Linguistic Software Solutions (Soft-Arts's marketing group) Phone: 813-642-6010
Fax: 813-642-5774 Attn: Pat Carder

Additional query words: VFoxWin FoxMac FoxWin 2.50 memvar docerr

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Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxPro250bMac kbFoxPro250cMac kbFoxPro260 kbFoxPro250 kbFoxPro250a kbFoxPro250b kbVFP300
Version           : 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 3.00 | 2.5

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