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Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

Chris Diesel — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 07:12:46 GMT

If I drop a DevExpress TextEdit control on a form, I have some properties in the WinForm Designer that show up under the Misc category having to do with Spell Checking (CanCheckText, ShowSpellCheckMenu, SpellCheckerOptions). But, when I drop the TextEdit from StrataFrame's inherited UI library, I don't have these properties and thus the "Check Spelling" is missing from the context menu when running the app. Can someone point me in the right direction to resolve this?

Thanks!

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

Edhy Rijo — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 07:12:46 GMT

Hi Chris,

Glad you made it work!!!

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

Chris Diesel — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:06:50 GMT

Too bad I didn't refresh my browser 4 hours ago... :blush:

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

StrataFrame Team — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:03:33 GMT

Well, I'm glad Edhy knew what he was talking about :)

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

Chris Diesel — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:01:43 GMT

Needed to register the class with DevExpress' spell checker:

[codesnippet]using DevExpress.XtraSpellChecker.Native;

SpellCheckTextControllersManager.Default.RegisterClass(typeof(MicroFour.StrataFrame.UI.Windows.Forms.DevEx.TextEdit), typeof(SimpleTextEditTextController)); SpellCheckTextBoxBaseFinderManager.Default.RegisterClass(typeof(MicroFour.StrataFrame.UI.Windows.Forms.DevEx.TextEdit), typeof(TextEditTextBoxFinder));

InitializeComponent();

[/codesnippet]

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

Edhy Rijo — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:10:29 GMT

Hi Chris, Ben,

I am also using DevExpress controls, even though, I am not using the SpellChecker, but I was able to duplicate Chris issue, so the inherited SF classes are not taken into consideration by the SpellChecker to add the properties needed to use it.

I believe you would need to manually register those inheritedTextEdit controls to the SpellChecker. Please see this link http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/Question/Details/Q402676 and http://documentation.devexpress.com/#WindowsForms/CustomDocument2995

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

Chris Diesel — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:19:38 GMT

Thanks for the ideas! I'll check it out and get back to you.

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

StrataFrame Team — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:49:11 GMT

Sorry, Chris, I didn't post on this yesterday.

The SF DevExpress TextEdit should certainly be inheriting from the same control, but there's a possibility you might need to change the references in the SF inherited DevExpress project and rebuild it. I you have more than one version of DevExpress installed, it's possible that you could be referencing a different version in your project than the SF one is referencing.

Are the properties there in code?

To make sure that the SF one is inheriting the proper version, you can drop one of each on your form, run it, and then at a breakpoint, check the following in the watch window:

1) this.sfControl.GetType().BaseType.AssemblyQualifiedName

2) this.dxControl.GetType().AssemblyQualifiedName

These should be the same values, version and all.

RE: Inherited UI - DevExpress TextEdit

Chris Diesel — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:37:23 GMT

Anyone???

Why would Strataframe's TextEdit that inherits DevExpress' TextEdit not have the same Spell Checker properties?