BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Where can I find Windows' Dictionary?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Native API) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Nick Gessler Guest Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:51 am    Post subject: Where can I find Windows' Dictionary? Hi, I want to do some analysis of words in the English language. There must be a word list somewhere on PCs (I'm using Windows XP) that I can tap into. There are various programs that use spell-check so there must be a common resource. Where is it and what's it called??? (Also, I notice that spell-check lets you "add" new words, but is there a way to delete bad words?) Thanks, Nick Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:04 am    Post subject: Re: Where can I find Windows' Dictionary? "Nick Gessler" <gessler (AT) ucla (DOT) edu> wrote Quote: I want to do some analysis of words in the English language. There must be a word list somewhere on PCs (I'm using Windows XP) that I can tap into. There is no such standardized list. Quote: There are various programs that use spell-check so there must be a common resource. There is no such common resource. Spell checking is always program-specific. Each program handles spell checking in its own unique way. Most likely, you are seeing programs either manage their own separate dictionaries, or else they are tapping into the dictionaries of other installed programs, such as MS Office. To ensure that your own dictionary is always available, you should not be relying on the resources of other programs, since they may or may not be installed on the user's machine in the first place. There are plenty of third-party custom spell checking engines available that you can embed into your own program directly. Gambit Back to top Nick Gessler Guest Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:26 am    Post subject: Re: Where can I find Windows' Dictionary? "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam (AT) no (DOT) spam.com> wrote: Quote: To ensure that your own dictionary is always available, you should not be relying on the resources of other programs, since they may or may not be installed on the user's machine in the first place. Yes, this is certainly good advice. However, for teaching purposes, since all our lab machines have the same software running, I WOULD like to tap into an existing word list, such as that used by Microsoft Office. Do you happen to know what that word list file is called or how to access it? Again, all I need is a list of words, not words and dictionary definitions. Back to top Bob Gonder Guest Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Where can I find Windows' Dictionary? Nick Gessler wrote: Quote: Again, all I need is a list of words, not words and dictionary definitions. Look for *.tlx files. Eudora and Agent both use them. Don't know what MS uses Back to top Colin B Maharaj Guest Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:58 am    Post subject: Re: Where can I find Windows' Dictionary? If you have mozilla browser / email client installed, the email client has a spell check feature. Upon investigation, there is a file called en-US.dic in the path [myspell] and is approx 680 kbytes in size. This is a word list, but there are some rules that I have not figured out yet e.g. Some words have a forward-slash indicator to further expand on the words usability. e.g. posing/CA positifs positionable positional/KY position/KGASMD position's/EC positions/EC Now the word 'position' exist in the list but not 'reposition' so maybe the extra characters creates more permutations that would make the list expand into "all" possible words. Then again you can do a goole search for 'word list' and you should get something. Nick Gessler wrote: Quote: "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam (AT) no (DOT) spam.com> wrote: To ensure that your own dictionary is always available, you should not be relying on the resources of other programs, since they may or may not be installed on the user's machine in the first place. Yes, this is certainly good advice. However, for teaching purposes, since all our lab machines have the same software running, I WOULD like to tap into an existing word list, such as that used by Microsoft Office. Do you happen to know what that word list file is called or how to access it? Again, all I need is a list of words, not words and dictionary definitions. 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