Stefan's Stuff

Spellbound Plugin

1. Download spellbound_0.7.3.xpi from the download page of Spellbound to someplace like "c:temp"
2. Temporarily rename it "spellbound_0.7.3.ZIP", open with Winzip and edit the "install.rdf" file
3. Change "<em:maxVersion>1.0+</em:maxVersion>" to "<em:maxVersion>1.5.*</em:maxVersion>"
4. Replace "install.rdf" in the zip file with the version you just edited.
   Rename it back to "spellbound_0.7.3.xpi"
5. In Firefox, put "C:Tempspellbound_0.7.3.xpi" (assuming you put it in C:Temp) and hit the INSTALL button when it comes up.

Spell Check Libraries

1. Download the Spell Check libraries, "spellbound_lib_win32_1.0+_20050727.xpi" from the Download site.
2. Temporarily rename it "spellbound_lib_win32_1.0+_20050727.ZIP", open with Winzip and edit the "install.rdf" file
3. Change "<em:maxVersion>1.0+</em:maxVersion>" to "<em:maxVersion>1.5.*</em:maxVersion>"
4. Replace "install.rdf" in the zip file with the version you just edited
5. Rename it back to "spellbound_lib_win32_1.0+_20050727.xpi"
6. In Firefox, put "C:Tempspellbound_lib_win32_1.0+_20050727.xpi" (assuming you put it in C:Temp) and hit the INSTALL button when it comes up.

Done.

Ok, As I can’t spell very well,  I use a Firefox Extension called Spellbound. It works very well, has a good Dictionary, and helps me avoid Spelling disasters. I depend on it alot and highly recommend it.

In short: I really NEED Spellbound to work. Trouble is: It doesn’t work after the latest Firefox Update. After some embarrassing Spelling mistakes, I resolved to find out how to fix it.

Turns out, it’s not so hard. In fact, It took me less than 10 minutes to figure it out (No, I’m not that smart, just lucky).

First, with firefox shutdown: Find where your Extensions are. On my XP machine, it’s in my "settingsapplication data" directory specifically:

mozillafirefoxprofilescafabfs7.default user 3extensions

View Extensions.RDF and you’ll see something like:
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mozilla:extension:{9EBEDB01-55DC-432b-A2DB-7E4AF3230A24}"
       em:version="0.7.3"
       em:name="SpellBound"
       em:description="Adds spell checker support to web forms and extensions."
       em:creator="Robert Strong"
       em:homepageURL="http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/"
       em:updateURL="http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/updaterdf/spellbound.rdf"
       em:optionsURL="chrome://spellbound/content/prefsDialog.xul"
       em:iconURL="chrome://spellbound/skin/spellbound.png">
<em:contributor>Frank DiLecce (Ausdilecce)</em:contributor>
<em:contributor>mozilla.org developers – original spell checker code</em:contributor>
<em:contributor>mozilla.org translators ~ translations</em:contributor>
<em:targetApplication RDF:resource="rdf:#$ra73h3"/>
<em:targetApplication RDF:resource="rdf:#$sa73h3"/>
</RDF:Description>

and

<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mozilla:extension:{21C392B7-136E-4f46-B1DD-405AFE01B2F1}"
       em:version="0.9.1.0"
       em:name="Mozilla SpellCheck Libraries"
       em:description="From the Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 Win32 Release"
       em:creator="packaged by Robert Strong"
       em:homepageURL="http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/"
       em:updateURL="http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/updaterdf/spellbound_lib_win32.rdf"
       em:contributor="mozilla.org – development of these components.">
<em:targetApplication RDF:resource="rdf:#$gc73h3"/>
</RDF:Description>

Ok, the "{9EBEDB01-55DC-432b-A2DB-7E4AF3230A24}" and "{21C392B7-136E-4f46-B1DD-405AFE01B2F1}" happen to be the names of the directories that Spellbound and the Mozilla SpellCheck Libraries reside in.

In Each of these Directories is a "install.rdf" file. Edit these and change from

em:maxVersion="1.5"
to
em:maxVersion="2.0"

in both "install.rdf" files.

Restart Firefox and get your Spell Checking back. Life is good once again…