HOWTO: VB3: Use the Word SpellChecker Via OLE Automation

- 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.

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

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

Keywords          : IAPOLE vb3only vbwin GnrlVb kbprg kbfasttip
Technology        : kbole kbvba
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto