I've seen the Component on the Flex Exchange, and it's not going to meet my needs, primarily because my app won't always have an internet connection to use the Google API. Also, I need the custom dictionary to be in my DB so users have access to it regardless of what PC they are using.
So, I'm asking for some advice and ideas on creating my own Spell Check feature using PHP and MySQL. I've been thinking about this in theory, and here are my initial questions where I would like feedback. Do I call a remoteObject after every keystroke to compare against a database table of words or do I wait until all the fields are filled out and then have the user click a button to Spell Check the fields? Maybe both? How efficient is this going to be with say 100,000 words in the word list to check against? What about integrating a PHP spell checking function? How do I loop backward until I find a space so I am only checking the last word? How to allow the user to add words not in the standard dictionary to their custom table, from where they are in the application? How do I then set the style of the last word to red underline, change the text color, or some other visual representation to note an incorrect word? If using a Spell Check button, I'd like to change the tab color to a different color, if there are spelling mistakes in fields on that tab. I'd also like to highlight fields where there are spelling mistakes.
