![]() | Converting googlespell.bat into a General Applet | ||||||||||||||||||||
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You can convert the googlespell.bat batch file in your UDP installation folder into a standalone applet which will allow you to get spelling suggestions directly from Google without needing your browser. First you need to copy googlespell.bat to someplace in your PATH. Then you need to edit it (using notepad or even UDP) and
The version of googlespell.bat that you installed looks like @echo off if x%1==x echo Usage %0 WORD-TO-SPELLCHECK GOOLGE-API-KEY if x%1==x goto dun if x%2==x %0 %1 00000000000000000000000000000000 del g.t del googlespell.txt @echo on java -cp googleapi.jar com.google.soap.search.GoogleAPIDemo %2 spell %1>g.t @echo off ren g.t googlespell.txt type googlespell.txt :dun You need to change it to look like this (more or less): @echo off if x%1==x echo Usage %0 WORD-TO-SPELLCHECK if x%1==x goto dun if x%2==x %0 %1 qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm23skdo del g.t del googlespell.txt @echo on java -cp c:\unicdocp\googleapi.jar com.google.soap.search.GoogleAPIDemo %2 spell %1>g.t @echo off ren g.t googlespell.txt type googlespell.txt :dun Of course, you will need to replace qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm23skdo with your own Google Account license key and c:\unicdocp\ should be the folder where you installed UDP. But make these two changes in your copy and you can easily run googlespell.bat from any DOS box. Or on Win/NT/2K/XP, you can use the Windows Start > Run dialog and enter the following:
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