Replied to wrong msg in thread - content still valid
Maybe you can use the ItemFocusChanged event on the DW to figure out if the spellcheck should be turned on for the field.
Here's an idea, not sure if it'll work for you.
On the ancestor of the datawindow control, add the following items:
FUNCTION ulong WinGetFocus( ) LIBRARY "User32.dll" alias for "GetFocus"
string is_spellcheckcols // comma separated list
string is_spellchecktypes // command separated list of col types to check
long il_spellcheckhandle // long value representing the GetFocus handle
In the DW ItemFocusChanged event
il_SpellCheckHandle = WinGetFocus() // redefined Arnd's call definition to make it different from the built in version
// see if it's a column name or col type that we want, and the handle is valid
if (pos(lower(is_spellcheckcols), dwo.name) = 0 and & pos(lower(is_spellchecktypes), this.describe(dwo.name+".coltype") = 0) or &
il_spellcheckhandle = 0 then return
// set up spellcheck functionality here using il_SpellCheckHandle
