Using Microsoft Word Spell Check

The following code shows a function for checking the number of spelling and grammar errors in a string. This function is also used to check the accuracy of a specific property in all the objects of a given application. This example can be found in the SpellCheck.vbs file located in the \CodeSamplesPlus folder.
Function NumberOfSpellErrors(strText)
Dim objMsWord
Set objMsWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objMsWord.WordBasic.FileNew
objMsWord.WordBasic.Insert strText
NumberOfSpellErrors = objMsWord.ActiveDocument.SpellingErrors.Count
objMsWord.Documents.Close (False)
objMsWord.Quit ' close the application
Set objMsWord = Nothing' Clear object memory
End Function
' The following function uses the Spell errors function to check a specific property
' of all the objects with a given description which are under a given parent
Sub CheckAllObjects(ParentObj, ObjDesc, PropName)
Dim ObjCol, idx, PropValue, OldReportMode
OldReportMode = Reporter.Filter
Reporter.Filter = 2 ' Report only errors
If (IsNull(ParentObj)) Then
Set ObjCol = Desktop.ChildObjects(ObjDesc)
Else
Set ObjCol = ParentObj.ChildObjects(ObjDesc)
End If
For idx=0 to ObjCol.count-1
PropValue = ObjCol.Item(idx).GetROProperty(PropName)
RetVal = NumberOfSpellErrors(PropValue) ' The actual spell check result
If (RetVal > 0) Then
ReportText = "Object #" & idx+1 & ": The '" & PropName & "' Property has " & RetVal & " spell errors (" & PropValue & ")"
Reporter.ReportEvent 1, "Spell Check", ReportText
End If
Next
Reporter.Filter = OldReportMode
End Sub
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' An example of usage:
' Go over all the static objects in the Login window of the Flight Application
' and for each object check the text for spelling and grammatical errors
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Set Desc = Description.Create()
Desc("nativeclass").Value = "Static"
Set Obj = Dialog("nativeclass:=#32770", "text:=Login")
' Invoke the Flight Application before calling the function
CheckAllObjects Obj, Desc, "text"