CheckSpell (Property)

True if the spell check must be enabled,
False otherwise.
Caution: the activation (or not) of spell check is not applied directly. Indeed, the control must lose focus and regain it (in order for the system to adapt to the control keyboard).

Remarks

Spelling checker used in edit controls and in the columns of a Table control

In the input fields and columns of an Table control of a WINDEV application, the CheckSpell property uses:

the OpenOffice 2.0 dictionary.
See Performing a spell check with OpenOffice for more details.
Versions 24 and later
or the integrated checker.
In this case:
- the French and English dictionaries are automatically copied (as well as their respective license) into the executable directory (configurable option in the project description window, "Options" tab).
- the French and English dictionaries are loaded by default.
- to use other dictionaries, they must be associated with a language and loaded in memory with DictionaryLoad.
- See Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries for more details.
New in version 24
or the integrated checker.
In this case:
- the French and English dictionaries are automatically copied (as well as their respective license) into the executable directory (configurable option in the project description window, "Options" tab).
- the French and English dictionaries are loaded by default.
- to use other dictionaries, they must be associated with a language and loaded in memory with DictionaryLoad.
- See Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries for more details.
or the integrated checker.
In this case:
- the French and English dictionaries are automatically copied (as well as their respective license) into the executable directory (configurable option in the project description window, "Options" tab).
- the French and English dictionaries are loaded by default.
- to use other dictionaries, they must be associated with a language and loaded in memory with DictionaryLoad.
- See Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries for more details.

ConfigureSpellCheck allows you to:

Versions 24 and later
choose the spelling checker used.
New in version 24
choose the spelling checker used.
choose the spelling checker used.
enable the spelling checker for all the edit controls of the application.
configure the language used (if the OpenOffice spelling checker is used).

For the unrecognized words, the default popup menu of WINDEV proposes the following options:

Replacing the word by a valid word (the 8 first suggestions of OpenOffice or the integrated checker are proposed).
Adding the word into the dictionary.

Versions 22 and later

Spelling checker used in the Word Processing controls

In the Word Processing fields, the Property CheckSpell uses spell checking based on Hunspell dictionaries.

By default, if your project contains a Word Processing control:

the French and English dictionaries are automatically copied (as well as their respective license) into the executable directory (configurable option in the project description window, "Options" tab).
the French and English dictionaries are loaded by default.

To use other dictionaries, they must be associated with a language and they must be loaded in memory by DictionaryLoad.

See Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries for more details.

New in version 22

Spelling checker used in the Word Processing controls

In the Word Processing fields, the Property CheckSpell uses spell checking based on Hunspell dictionaries.

By default, if your project contains a Word Processing control:

the French and English dictionaries are automatically copied (as well as their respective license) into the executable directory (configurable option in the project description window, "Options" tab).
the French and English dictionaries are loaded by default.

To use other dictionaries, they must be associated with a language and they must be loaded in memory by DictionaryLoad.

See Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries for more details.

Spelling checker used in the Word Processing controls

In the Word Processing fields, the Property CheckSpell uses spell checking based on Hunspell dictionaries.

By default, if your project contains a Word Processing control:

the French and English dictionaries are automatically copied (as well as their respective license) into the executable directory (configurable option in the project description window, "Options" tab).
the French and English dictionaries are loaded by default.

To use other dictionaries, they must be associated with a language and they must be loaded in memory by DictionaryLoad.

See Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries for more details.

Spelling checker used

The Property CheckSpell uses the system's spell checker.

For the unrecognized words, the popup menu proposes the following options:

Replacing the word by a valid word.
Adding the word into the dictionary.

Remark: The system spelling checker must be enabled.