JSP/Java SpellCheck using MS-Word

[rameshbond007]

Hi

I am looking for a way to invoke the feature of spellchecking in
MS-Word from my JSP page and/or stateless session bean.
The appserver is WebSphere.

Can anybody help me with a few pointers on how to go about this ?

Are there any significant downsides to this ? The reason for invoking
MS-Word spell check and not one of the several J2EE freeware/shareware
spellchecking components lying out there is because the users have
insisted on this.

Thanks in advance,

regards
Ramesh

 

[Thomas Weidenfeller]

I am looking for a way to invoke the feature of spellchecking in
MS-Word from my JSP page and/or stateless session bean.
The appserver is WebSphere.

Can anybody help me with a few pointers on how to go about this ?

I guess you will need a Java-COM bridge. Jacob gets mentioned often. And
you will need the API specs of the spell checker. I think you can buy
this information from MS as part of some of the MSDN packages. And you
need to verify your license if it allows to use the spell checker as
part of some server.

/Thomas

 

[Wendy Smoak]

I am looking for a way to invoke the feature of spellchecking in
MS-Word from my JSP page and/or stateless session bean.
The appserver is WebSphere.

Can anybody help me with a few pointers on how to go about this ?

Is there some reason you have to use the Word spell checker?
If not, take a look at JSpell: http://www.jspell.com

 

[timjowers]

So are you deploying to WebSphere on a Winders!? That's a new one for
me.

Seriously, Jazzy looks solid from my initial testing and I do not see
what shelling out to Word is going to buy you other than grammar
checking. Just tell them about the extra four to six work months to
integrate with Word and they'll probably confess to reality that a few
weeks to integrate JSpell, Jazzy, or whatever is better!

My $.02,
TimJowers

 

[delraydog]

In addition, going to Word via com is going to be terribly slow (I've
done it) and also violates the Microsoft license agreement (look up
CSAPI license) at Microsofts web site.