How to: Switch Between Languages

• Jan 13, 2020
• 2 minutes to read

When the dictionary is created and added to the spell checker dictionaries collection, its language is indicated by the DictionaryBase.Culture property. When you need to change the language to be checked, you should change the SpellCheckerBase.Culture of the XtraSpellChecker instance.

For example, when you have to spell check a section of French text, you may use the following code to switch the languages.

C#

using System.Globalization;
//...

Boolean hasDictionary = false;

// First we create a CultureInfo object corresponding to the selected language
CultureInfo culture_info = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");

// Make sure that the spell checker component has a dictionary of the specified culture
foreach (SpellCheckerDictionaryBase dict in spellChecker1.Dictionaries) {
    if (dict.Culture.Equals(culture_info))  hasDictionary = true;
}

// If the dictionary exists we can safely change the XtraSpellChecker culture
if (hasDictionary) spellChecker1.Culture = culture_info;

VB.NET

Imports System.Globalization
'...

Dim hasDictionary As Boolean = false

' First we create a CultureInfo object corresponding to the selected language
Dim culture_info As CultureInfo = New CultureInfo("fr-FR")

' Make sure that the spell checker component has a dictionary of the specified culture
For Each dict As SpellCheckerDictionaryBase In spellChecker1.Dictionaries
    If dict.Culture.Equals(culture_info) Then
        hasDictionary = true
    End If
Next

' If the dictionary exists we can safely change the XtraSpellChecker culture
If hasDictionary Then
    spellChecker1.Culture = culture_info
End If