Spell checker crashes Groupwise client for Non-English Language

  • Document ID:7004429
  • Creation Date:10-Sep-2009
  • Modified Date:27-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      GroupWise

Environment

Products:
Novell GroupWise 8
Novell GroupWise 8 Hot Patch 1
Novell GroupWise 8 Hot Patch 2
Novell GroupWise 8 Support Pack 1
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7

Configuration:
Multilingual client being used
Default language set to any other language than English

Situation

Spell checker crashes if  Non-English language is used
Spell checker recognizes all Non-English words as incorrect words even though that language is being used as the default language
Spell checker recognizes Swedish words as incorrect words and running a spell check crashes the client
Spell checker works fine when English is selected as the default language in the client
Spell checker does not work when running a spell check if any other language is set as default apart from English

Resolution

Please download and install GroupWise 8 Support Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 Client from https://download.novell.com

Additional Information

Steps to duplicate:

  1. Use Groupwise 8 or Groupwise 8 SP1 multilingual client.
  2. Set Swedish as the default language in the client.
  3. Compose an email in Swedish language. The client recognizes the Swedish words as incorrect words.
  4. Run a spell check. The spell checker does not correct the recognised incorrect words.
  5. Running the spell check second time, crashes the client.
  6. Spell check works fine when English is selected as the default language.