Custom Dictionary

The Custom dictionary allows you to add a list of custom words to your spell checker's vocabulary.
This is useful for adding words specific to a business, application or website.

The Spellchecker will look for updates to the custom dictionary every time a user opens the ASPSpellCheck dialog.


Modifying the Custom Dictionary

The custom dictionary file is by default "custom.txt" within the ASPSpellCheck/Dictionaries Directory of your website.  This can be changed in the settings file.

To add words to your custom dictionary, simply place a list of up to 100,000 words, each on separate lines into this file.  Each word should only consist of ANSI characters.

For significantly improved performance, please sort these words in ANSI code order.  If you do not have a tool to do this, then EditPlus is an excellent choice.  For performance issues, it is best to remove any spaces from the file.

Example contents of custom.txt:

Aaron
Jacob
James
Julie
Steve
cybercom
intcom
marcoms

Setting the custom dictionary from a database

You can also build your custom dictionary from an ASP script. 
The custom dictionary will have to be changed to in the settings file  to specify a URL (e.g. "custom.asp").

Your ASP script should follow the same rules as per editing custom.txt by hand : up to 100,000 words, each on separate lines, no spaces, in ANSI code order.

Sharing words that have been 'Added to Dictionary'

You can make the 'Add to Dictionary' function send words directy into this shared custom dictonary.
To do so, you must set the variable setting_CentralDictionary to True in the settings file.

 

Common Typographic Errors

The Spell Checker has an awareness of common typos.  This is located in a file called "CommonTypos.txt" within the International directory of your installation. This file can be amended by adding / removing entries (per language) in the format:

typo--->suggestion

The entries must be put in in exact alphabetical ASCII character code order.