Visual Studio 08 Spell Check Addin?

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If possible one that supports at least spell checking:

C# string literals
HTML content
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bdukes · Answer 1 · 2009-10-14T13:51:48.840

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The plugin from Microsoft's Mikhail Arkhipov does HTML and Comments, I don't believe it does C# strings, though. I use the Agent Smith plugin for ReSharper for that.

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answered Aug 27 '08 at 19:25

bdukes

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I've had issues getting this to work in SP1. I'm not sure what the deal is but all the context menus are there and they seem to do nothing. – Rick Minerich Sep 19 '08 at 14:25
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Note: Requires MS Office to be installed – John Sep 02 '09 at 12:09
Doesn't check C# strings!!! Only seems to check stuff that looks like HTML – Carlos Rendon Oct 13 '09 at 22:14
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Just kidding, the new version 2.2 does!!!! http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/11/29/spell-checker-update-2-2-full-support-for-vs-2008-sp1-simpler-setup-and-a-few-bug-fixes.aspx – Carlos Rendon Oct 13 '09 at 23:17
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@serhio, version 2.1 of that plugin supports VS 2005 SP1 – bdukes Jan 15 '10 at 14:14
there is update version for Visual Studio 2010 http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/0db4814c-255e-4cc6-a2c2-a428de7f8949/ – Behrouz.M Dec 14 '11 at 08:10

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '09 at 12:48

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If you're using ReSharper, there's a free addon for it called Agent Smith Plugin. One of its many features is a built in spell checker, that allows fixing the spelling mistakes using the ReSharper shortcut key, Alt-Enter.

answered Sep 02 '09 at 12:48

Igal Tabachnik

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I've installed this and next time I started Visual Studio and opened my Solution - VS hanged. So I uninstalled and now I'm testing out IntelliSpell http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/IntelliSpell/ – nikib3ro May 02 '11 at 15:56

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 28 '11 at 11:23

Well, 3 weeks later, I've stumbled across CodeSpell. [Note: this link no longer works and the product does not appear to be listed by that company).

Its $30 but has a trial period. Does everything I asked for. Check link to see features.

This blog entry, though dated, helped me out.

Edit: The original link is now invalid but this appears to be the new home of CodeSpell at SubMain. Here is acquisition announcement from them.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 27 '08 at 19:50

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Visual Assist X. Spell checks your comments and a whole lot more.

http://www.wholetomato.com/

answered Aug 27 '08 at 19:50

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John · Answer 5 · 2009-09-02T12:07:35.153

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I use this to check Comments and string spell checker. It's from component one http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/IntelliSpell/. It's very fast ~~and there is a free community version.~~

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answered Oct 03 '08 at 11:43

John

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This only has a free trial, otherwise $200 for a license. A lot for spell check plugin. – Henryk Sep 02 '09 at 08:33
There used to be a free community version but seems this no longer exists. Still a good product though and I think worth the money. – John Sep 02 '09 at 12:08

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 16 '09 at 21:15

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CodeRush also has spell check.

answered Dec 16 '09 at 21:15

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CodeRush can be found here - http://www.devexpress.com/coderush – Alex Skorkin Jun 23 '11 at 20:04

Greg Hurlman · Answer 7 · 2008-08-27T19:44:40.997

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FxCop ships with a spell check now - have you tried that?

Here's a nice add-on for Visual Studio 2005/2008 by Mikhail Arkhipov of MSFT.

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answered Aug 27 '08 at 19:24

Greg Hurlman

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 29 '08 at 17:56

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The source code for Spelly is available, it would be pretty easy to update it for vs2008.

answered Aug 29 '08 at 17:56

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered May 07 '09 at 13:42

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Spelly has been ported to VS 2003. I don't know if it works with VS 2008 (because I'm very happy with Agent Smith for ReSharper), but source is included.

answered May 07 '09 at 13:42

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score -1 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 13 '11 at 17:50

I was running an obsolete version on Visual Studio 08, as of April last year this is the apparent update: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/2f3d691d-8838-4d84-ad64-44a02db37e30/

Unfortunately for me, it only works on commented code and not strings.

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