How to add a spell checker to your ASP.NET web applications

If you're building a cool and sophisticated web 2.0 type application then a neat feature is to offer a spell checking facility for your users.

Writing a custom built spell checking facility for your web application could take a long time, so it's useful to buy a 3rd party component and slot it into your site. It can also be reused for other applications.

Don't re-invent the wheel! Buy a spell checking component and save yourself a load of time!

ASP Spell Check is a great component that allows you to add spell checking facilities to your web applications. The ASP Spell Check component can be quickly slotted into a variety of website technologies, seamlessly integrating with classic ASP, ASP.NET (i.e. C# or VB.NET) as well as Macromedia's Flash ActionScript, JavaScript and AJAX.

ASP Spell Check can be easily integrated into basic HTML textbox widgets. It's also configurable to work with a variety of rich text editors that are commonly used in web applications these days.

ASP Spell Check supports the use of Custom Dictionaries, so you can easily add your own words to its dictionary. This is useful if you are creating a website in a certain niche and want for example a lot of specific industry terms to be available to the spell checker.

As well as the standard English dictionaries, ASP Spell Check is also able to spell check in other languages, including Australian English, British English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese and Spanish. This is handy for those multi-lingual web applications you might want to build or enhance. More than one language can be used simultaneously.

• Impress your users! A spell checking facility will be much appreciated by your users
• Improve your website's content. If you are publishing content entered by lots of different people then it's a good idea to offer a spell checker. Google and other search engines loves well written text!
• Help non-native writers. English is notoriously difficult when it comes to remembering how to spell words. Even native speakers have difficulty with many words, like recieve, or is it receive?

Avoid getting those irritating on this page there is a spelling error emails from your website's users.

Good luck with adding a spell checking facility to your website.