Getting Started
The fastest way to understand TX Spell .NET for WPF is to see it check a first document. The tutorials of Getting Started each end with a running application, and they differ in what the spell checker is connected to: the TX Text Control editor, the standard RichTextBox, or no control at all.
Choose a Starting Point
| If your application uses | Start with | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| TX Text Control .NET for WPF | TX Text Control | Spell checking as you type, a context menu and a dialog, connected in XAML without code |
A RichTextBox | RichTextBox | Misspelled words colored while the user types, and the spell check dialog, with a few event handlers |
| No control: a service, a batch job or a test | Checking Text in Code | The incorrect words of a string and their suggestions, from the TXSpell class |
All tutorials use C#, Visual Studio and .NET 8 or higher; Create a .NET Framework Application covers the .NET Framework.
Before You Begin
The setup of TX Spell .NET for WPF 11.0 must be installed, the full or the trial version: it provides the NuGet packages in the package source Text Control Offline Packages. The TX Text Control tutorials also need the setup of TX Text Control .NET for WPF 34.0. Installation Guide describes both.
The packages bring US English: its dictionary, hyphenation list, thesaurus and language recognition data. Every tutorial checks English text without further setup. Dictionaries and Languages adds other languages.
Where to Start
- Create Your First WPF Application, if you use TX Text Control or are free to choose.
- Correct Words from the Context Menu and Open the Spell Check Dialog, to see what users do with it.
- Spell Checking, to go further.
Pages in This Section
- TX Text Control: a word processor with spell checking, for .NET and the .NET Framework, with the context menu and the dialog.
- RichTextBox: spell checking for the
RichTextBoxof WPF. - Checking Text in Code: a console application that checks a string with
TXSpell.