How long has Spellex been in the spell-checking industry?

How do I use the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine to spell check in my application?

How do I use the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine to check text entered in Web page forms?

What is the difference between the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine and your Spellex Windows SDK product?

Does Spellex offer technical support?

How do I obtain upgrades?

Can I add words to the dictionary?

Can Spellex offer suggested replacements for misspelled words?

Do I have to use your dialogs, or can I write my own?

Does the dictionary just contain words, or words and definitions?

Can the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine use other applications' user dictionaries (e.g., Word for Windows)?

How much memory and disk space does Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine require?

There are several spell checking packages on the market. Why should we choose to license yours?

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Q. How long has Spellex been in the spell-checking industry?

The core Spellex spell checking engine has been in existence since 1988. It formed part of a flagship line of Spellex products featuring our plug-in specialty spell checking software for Microsoft and Corel/WordPerfect. The ActiveX Spelling Engine was developed and released in late 1997. Since its initial release, it has been the spell checking software solution of choice for many commercial and in-house applications (see our customer list for more information).

Q. How do I use the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine to spell check in my application?

The most common application of the ActiveX Spelling Engine involves spell checking the contents of a text box on a form, however, it can also spell check text strings, standard text boxes (TextBox and CEdit), and standard rich-text boxes (RichTextBox and CrichEdit). The ActiveX Spelling Engine will check the words in the text box. When it finds a spelling error, it will highlight the misspelled word and present its built-in spell check dialog. The user can use this dialog box to look up suggestions, add words to user dictionaries, and correct misspellings. When a correction is made, Spellex ActiveX updates the text control automatically. You can also use ActiveX to spell check strings using the built-in spell checker dialog, your own dialog, or without interacting with the user at all.

Q. How do I use the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine to check text entered in Web page forms?

Spellex ActiveX can check text entered in text areas on Web pages viewed with Internet Explorer. ActiveX Spelling Engine’s control is digitally signed, therefore, making it "safe for scripting" and "safe for initialization". Unfortunately, Netscape does not currently support ActiveX controls.

Q. What is the difference between the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine and your Spellex Windows SDK product?

The main difference is that the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine is an ActiveX control (OCX), whereas, the Spellex Windows SDK is implemented as DLLs. Both the ActiveX and the Windows SDK use the Spellex Sentry engine internally, so the two products are comparable in terms of their power and performance.

Q. Does Spellex offer technical support?

Our current policy provides free e-mail support with no fixed time limits for all customers. Our technical support representatives are prepared to spend a reasonable amount of time helping you resolve problems related to integrating our products with your software. We are well-known for prompt response times with accurate solutions for your technical support inquiries.

Q. How do I obtain upgrades?

Upgrades for any Spellex product are usually available for roughly 25% of the product's price at the time the upgrade is purchased.

Annual maintenance contracts are also available. An annual maintenance contract keeps your software updated with any major or minor upgrades released by Spellex during the year. You can contact us at any time to inquire about current version numbers, recent changes, etc.

Q. Can I add words to the dictionary?

Yes! The Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine enables your application to open dictionaries, much like a program can open files. When the Spellex ActiveX checks the spelling of a word, it verifies the word with all open text dictionaries. These text dictionaries are then modifiable; your application can add or remove words from them at run-time. Any number of dictionaries can be open simultaneously.

Q. Can Spellex offer suggested replacements for misspelled words?

Yes! The ActiveX Spelling Engine includes the Suggest method, which looks up suggestions for misspellings. If your application is using our built-in spelling-checker dialog, the spell checker can be adjusted to offer suggestions automatically or only when the "Suggest" button is pressed by the user.

Q. Do I have to use your dialogs, or can I write my own?

Since the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine is a flexible program, you can choose to do either or both. Using our dialogs is the easiest approach, but the ActiveX Spelling Engine’s methods and properties allow you to create custom dialogs. Instructions on creating your own dialogs are included in the detailed programmer’s guide, and example custom dialogs are provided.

Q. Does the dictionary just contain words, or words and definitions?

The current version of the Spellex ActiveX is a highly optimized spell check engine which contains only word lists. Definition dictionaries are currently unavailable through the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine.

Q. Can the Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine use other applications' user dictionaries (e.g., Word for Windows)?

Yes! The Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine can read and write from user dictionaries created by other applications, including MS Word and MS Office, so you do not have to sacrifice any of the features included in your original applications’ user dictionaries.

Q. How much memory and disk space does Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine require?

The ActiveX Spelling Engine’s OCX file is about 110K in size. The American and UK English dictionaries, which are included with the ActiveX Speller, each occupy just over 300K. At run time, the Spellex ActiveX will use a maximum of about 500K of memory space.

Q. There are several spell checking packages on the market. Why should we choose to license yours?

• Spellex has been the acknowledged leader in software spell checking solutions since 1988. That is one reason why thousands of the world's most successful companies rely on Spellex for fast, accurate spell checking.

• Spell checkers are our business and spell checking solutions are our specialty, therefore, much of our engineering time is devoted towards continuously improving our existing Spellex product line or researching and developing new products to meet your needs. We focus on keeping current and even defining the latest trends in spell checking technology.

• Spellex offers multilingual product use, with dictionaries available in a variety of languages, including Brazilian (Portuguese), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

• Dictionary Quality -- All Spellex SDKs come standard with Spellex's world class dictionaries. The Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine contains a superb 115,000-word American English dictionary which includes contractions, abbreviations, and capitalized proper names. Spellex lexicons have been the preferred spelling dictionary by the world's most prominent and successful companies for more than a decade.

• Ease of integration – The Spellex ActiveX Spelling Engine’s interface is direct and straightforward. It remembers all the necessary state information so your application doesn't have to. There are no complicated data structures to set up and maintain.