SPELL SET CURRENT DICTIONARY

The SPELL SET CURRENT DICTIONARY command causes the replacement of the current dictionary with the one specified by the dictionary parameter. The current dictionary is used for the built-in spell-check feature in 4D (for more information, refer to the 4D Design Reference manual) as well as the one in the 4D Write and 4D View plug-ins. The modification of the current dictionary is reflected immediately in all the processes of the database for the session, as well as in the 4D Write and 4D View plug-in areas.

By default, 4D uses the Cordial dictionary corresponding to the application language. You can restore the default dictionary at any time by calling the SPELL SET CURRENT DICTIONARY command without a parameter. 

You can use the dictionary parameter to load two types of dictionaries:

• a Hunspell dictionary: In this case, in the dictionary parameter, you can pass either an ID number (returned by the SPELL GET DICTIONARY LIST command), or a name (corresponding to the name of the Hunspell dictionary file, with or without its extension). The OK variable  is set to 1 when the dictionary is loaded correctly. For more information about Hunspell dictionaries, refer to the Support of Hunspell dictionaries section.
• a Cordial dictionary: In this case, in the dictionary parameter, you pass a dictionary number (longint). Five main dictionaries are available: English, French, German, Spanish and Norwegian. You can use one of the following predefined constants, found in the Dictionaries theme:
  

  Constant	Type	Value
  English Dictionary	Longint	69632
  French Dictionary	Longint	262144
  German Dictionary	Longint	131584
  Norwegian Dictionary	Longint	589824
  Spanish Dictionary	Longint	196608

  
  In addition, numerous variants are available for each of the main languages. Here is the full list of all variants supported by the command. To load a variant, pass its value directly in the dictionary parameter:

  Dictionary	Value
  English (United Kingdom)	65536
  English Irish (Ireland)	65600
  English Australian (Australia)	65664
  English of New Zealand	65680
  English American (USA)	65792
  English Canadian (Canada)	65920
  English South African (South Africa)	66048
  English West Indian (Caribbean)	66176
  English Jamaican (Jamaica)	66192
  English (United Kingdom + America)	69632 (*)
  German standard (Germany, old spelling)	131072
  German of Luxembourg	131073
  German of Austria	131088
  German of Liechtenstein	131089
  German of Switzerland (old spelling)	131104
  German of South Tyrol	131120
  German New spelling	131328
  German of Switzerland New spelling	131360
  German Old and New spelling	131584 (*)
  German of Switzerland Old and New spelling	131616
  Spanish standard (Spain)	196608 (*)
  Spanish of Latin America standard	196864
  Spanish Argentinean (Argentina)	196865
  Spanish Bolivian (Bolivia)	196866
  Spanish Chilean (Chile)	196867
  Spanish Columbian (Columbia)	196868
  Spanish Cuban (Cuba)	196869
  Spanish Costa Rican (Costa Rica)	196870
  Spanish Dominican (Dominican Rep.)	196871
  Spanish Ecuadorian (Ecuador)	196872
  Spanish Guatemalan (Guatemala)	196873
  Spanish Honduran (Honduras)	196874
  Spanish Mexican (Mexico)	196875
  Spanish Nicaraguan (Nicaragua)	196876
  Spanish Panamanian (Panama)	196877
  Spanish Paraguayan (Paraguay)	196878
  Spanish Peruvian (Peru)	196879
  Spanish Puerto Rican (Puerto Rico)	196880
  Spanish Salvadorian (El Salvador)	196881
  Spanish Uruguayan (Uruguay)	196882
  Spanish Venezuelan (Venezuela)	196883
  Spanish Guinean (Equatorial Guinea)	197121
  France, Monaco, Valle d’Aosta	262144 (*)
  Canada	262160
  Louisiana	262161
  Belgium	262176
  Luxembourg	262177
  Switzerland	262192
  Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haïti, Guyana	262208
  Reunion, Seychelles, Comoro, Mauritius	262224
  Tahiti, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, etc.	262240
  Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia	262256
  French African standard	262272
  Benin	262273
  Burkina Faso	262274
  Burundi	262275
  Cameroon	262276
  Central African Republics	262277
  Congo (Brazzaville)	262278
  Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire)	262279
  Ivory Coast	262280
  Djibouti	262281
  Gabon	262282
  Guinea	262283
  Mauritania	262284
  Niger	262285
  Rwanda	262286
  Senegal	262287
  Chad	262288
  Togo	262289
  Bokmal Norwegian	589824 (*)
  Nynorsk Norwegian	590080
  Samnorsk Norwegian	590336

  (*) standard dictionary that is installed when you use a constant.

  Note: The Norwegian dictionary is not present by default in 4D. Please contact 4D in order to obtain it free of charge. You must then install it in the Resources/Spellcheck folder.

If the dictionary is loaded correctly, the system variable OK is set to 1; otherwise, it is set to 0 and an error is returned.

Loading of the "fr-classic" dictionary found in the Hunspell folder: