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WinSpellChecker Smart Tag

In Visual Studio 2005 (.NET Framework 2.0), each Ultimate UI for Windows Forms control/component is equipped with a Smart Tag. By simply selecting the control/component, a Smart Tag anchor appears. When you click this anchor, a pop-up panel appears, providing you with quick and easy access to the most common properties and settings of the control/component.

The WinSpellChecker™ Smart Tag contains the name of the control, as well as the following sections:

  • Behavior — Provides easy access to properties that govern how the control behaves on the form.

See below for a description of the item (e.g., field, drop-down list, checkbox) in each section, as well as the item’s corresponding property in the properties grid.

smart tag for spellchecker
Behavior Description Corresponding Property

Show Dialogs Modal

Check the checkbox to display the spell check dialog box modally.

Mode

Choose between several modes of operation from spell checking the document as the end user types to spell checking a document upon validation.

Underline Spelling Error Color

Change the color of the red squiggle under misspelled words.

Underline Spelling Error Style

Change the style of the red squiggle under misspelled words to singleline, doubleline, or none.

User Dictionary

Set the User Dictionary by clicking on the ellipsis to the right of the text box and selecting a dictionary file from the open file dialog box.