Access RunTime needs spell checker

Latest post 07-31-2003 9:46 AM by worrall1. 4 replies.

Access RunTime needs spell checker

07-24-2003 11:46 AM

We have an Access 2000 database that we are distributing to various EMS agencies. We have successfully combined InstallShield and Access RunTime (ART) to produce a nicely install-able version that installs anywhere, including systems that don't have a version of MS Office installed.
However, we have run into this problem: our database uses the standard MS spell checker, and it doesn't get loaded when we create the ART version. How do we get the spell checker loaded along with the mdb's that we supply to ART and then InstallShield?
A related question: we can't find a way to add words to the spell checker. "Add" from inside the Access app doesn't work. Any ideas?
Thanks a ton,
Will

RE: Access RunTime needs spell checker

07-28-2003 5:52 AM

I dont know whether you can distribute the spell checker with Access 2000/office. You couldnt in Access 97. You can read a Microsoft KB article on this.

Ivan

RE: Redistributable medical spell checker?

07-31-2003 9:35 AM

Ivan, thanks for the info. It does appear that Access 2000 deliberately lacks a link to the MS Office spell checker. The article did mention the possibility of linking to a different spell checker.
Which got me thinking. The very best possibility would be if there were a (free or cheap) medical spell checker which could be redistributed as part of my system. I looked on the Web but couldn't find one. Does anybody know of one?
I had another idea which I will list in another post.
Thanks,
Will

Could OpenOffice be an answer?

07-31-2003 9:41 AM

This is Will again, continuing the hunt...
After coming up empty in my search for a redistributable medical spell checker, I thought of the OpenOffice.org system. I have used this on my home computer with reasonable satisfaction for nearly a year. I am in the process of contacting OpenOffice and asking about redistributing their system.
Does anybody have any experience with using OpenOffice, or any similar free program, in a similar application? In particular, assuming that their spell checker allows the addition of words, I would love one with medical terms added. Failing that, I am willing to add my own and make it available to others if this whole idea is feasible in the first place.
There's one more post to follow...
Thanks,
Will

How to link third party software into Access 2000?

07-31-2003 9:46 AM

The third part of the trilogy. Suppose that we find a piece of third party spell checking software that is redistributable and would fit our needs. How do we link to it? An IS friend has mentioned that in general I would have to use "On event" (I think it was) for every variable that I want to spellcheck. And in the "on event" (or whatever), I would have to make a "hook" to the third party software.
Can anyone please enlighten me further? There must be a reference somewhere.
Again, thanks...
Will