This may not be possible, I have no idea. Is it possible to have a certain field checked for selling before the record is created?

There are some javascripts that can spell check fields. However, the best way to do it is to have a dictionary program installed on your server and then execute a cgi script or java script to do this.

It is not that easy to do.

What you could do is ask you users to write the text of their record in MS Word or another word processor, check the spelling, then copy the text and paste it into textboxes in your DBMAN forms.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
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Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

That's an idea, but I don't think that all my users have access to Word and such. Do you know of any of the cgi programs or java scripts that you mention that have this ability?

Htdigs (search engine)- http://www.htdigs.org/ has fuzzy search add-ons that verifies keywords against a dictionary program. That is the only one I know of.

This is not an easy request to fill to say the least.

Also, your users can use any type of word processor program with spell check. It doesn't HAVE to be Word. Copying and Pasting between applications is universal between platforms and operating systems.



Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Well, what I meant was that not all my users even have word processors with spell checkers, or don't even know how to use them. But, anyways, I tried the address you gave me and it doesn't seem to work.

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I found it, its http://www.htdig.org, I'll check it out and see if it will work.

[This message has been edited by Helpdesk (edited September 20, 1999).]

Well, I couldn't find the exact part of the spell check. But, I did find out that UNIX has the ispell or "spell" utility to check spelling. Would it be possible to use this utility somehow?

With A LOT of modification and custom programming.



Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

I take it this field won't work as a drop-down menu?

No, it is a text area where anything cans and needs to be entered.