HOWTO: Use the Word 6.0 SpellChecker Via OLE Automation in Visual Basic (147818)

SUMMARY

This article demonstrates 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 4.0 application.

The example takes the contents of a Visual Basic text box, inserts the text into a Word document, and then checks the spelling in 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

Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
Add a text box (Text1) and CommandButton (Command1) to Form1.
Set the multi-line property of the text box to true.

Add the following code to the Form_Load event:

   Private Sub Form_Load()
      Command1.Caption = "Press to SpellCheck"
      Text1.Text = "The Seattle Mariners ar goig all the wa this yeer!!"
   End Sub

Place the following code in the Command1 Click event procedure of Form1:

      Private 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

Run the program.

Click the Command1 button, and go through the following sequence of corrections:

   Mariners(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 Mariners are going all the way this year!!