CharacterPropertiesBase.Language Property

Specifies the spell check and hyphenation language.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

LangInfo? Language { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property Language As LangInfo?

Property Value

Type	Description
Nullable<DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Model.LangInfo>	A nullable Nullable<T><DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Model.LangInfo,> value.

Remarks

The LangInfo structure specifies languages used to check spelling, grammar (if requested), and hyphenation when processing the text run. The text run can contain text of three different cultures. The LangInfo has the following constructor:

C#

public LangInfo(CultureInfo latin, CultureInfo bidi, CultureInfo eastAsia)

VB.NET

New(ByVal latin As CultureInfo, ByVal bidi As CultureInfo, ByVal eastAsia As CultureInfo)

The SpellChecker checks the text’s spelling according to the specified parameters.

The code sample below specifies the selected text’s language:

C#

DocumentRange targetRange = richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs[2].Range;
CharacterProperties cp = richEditControl1.Document.BeginUpdateCharacters(targetRange);
cp.Language = new DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Model.LangInfo
    (new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"), new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ar-SA"), new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"));
richEditControl1.Document.EndUpdateCharacters(cp);

VB.NET

Dim targetRange As DocumentRange = richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs(2).Range
Dim cp As CharacterProperties = richEditControl1.Document.BeginUpdateCharacters(targetRange)
cp.Language = New DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Model.LangInfo
  (New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("EN-US"), New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ar-SA"), New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("EN-US"))
richEditControl1.Document.EndUpdateCharacters(cp)