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(back to Send Email from Hotmail.com, Live.com, or Outlook.com) Yes, hotmail.com and live.com are both part of Microsoft’s family of email services and essentially refer to the same backend infrastructure, although they originated from different services. Key Points: Hotmail: Originally launched in 1996 as one of the first free webmail services. Acquired by Microsoft in 1997 and eventually integrated into […]
(back to Send Email from Hotmail.com, Live.com, or Outlook.com) The SMTP settings for Hotmail.com, Live.com, and Outlook.com are the same because all these email domains are part of Microsoft’s unified Outlook email service, which uses the same mail servers. Here are the SMTP settings: SMTP Server Settings (for sending email): SMTP Server: smtp.office365.com Port: 587 Encryption: STARTTLS Requires Authentication: Yes […]
This article will Explain the format and content of an HTTP request for a SOAP web service using WS-Security 1.0 with a digital certificate for authentication Describe the steps for writing code that loads the certificate and private key, constructs the XML, signs the XML, and then constructs the HTTP request and sends it. Provides links to examples that demonstrate […]
Chilkat v10.0.0 is able to create digital signatures for PDF, XmlDSig (XAdES), CAdES, S/MIME, etc. using the HSM (USB token or smartcard) connected to an iPhone. It’s just a matter of calling the certificate object’s LoadFromSmartcard function. You’ll also need to add the “com.apple.token” entitlement to your application. Here are some examples: Objective-C Sign PDF using USB Token or Smartcard […]
Error returned from the Malaysia MyInvois server can be cryptic and obscure, making it difficult to know the cause of a problem. This blog post is to document a particular error with the hope that it might be found via a web search by other having the same problem.. Malaysia MyInvois Error: DS301, Signature Not Found This is the returned […]
Chilkat adopted standard semantic versioning starting with Chilkat version 10.0.0. See https://cknotes.com/semantic-versioning-starting-with-chilkat-10-0-0/ For this discussion, it’s important to understand the fundamentals of ActiveX registration. To ensure a basic understanding, I recommend briefly reviewing the tutorial web pages at https://chilkatsoft.com/activex_dll_registration_tutorial.asp It should take only 10 minutes, and I promise it will save you much time and frustration. ActiveX Object Creation / […]
Starting with the v10.0.0 release (end of September 2024), Chilkat moves to standard semantic versioning. Prior to this release, for various technical reasons, Chilkat was stuck with versions 9.5.0.xx, where only xx changed. For this first leap to semantic versioning, where the major version changes to 10 (from 9), there are no backward incompatible changes. Going forward, when we move […]
Most Chilkat classes have a LastErrorText property. It contains detailed contextual information about what transpired in the last method called on an object instance. The LastErrorText will contain information even when the method succeeds. This allows us to understand what happened when a method succeeds, but for some reason doesn’t behave as expected. Important: Each time a method is called, […]
Chilkat provies an online tool at https://tools.chilkat.io/curlHttp to generate application code from a cURL statement. If you have an HTTP/REST request working in Postman, you can get the cURL statement, and then paste the cURL statement into Chilkat’s online tool to generate your application code. Get cURL statement from Postman Request To get the cURL statement from a Postman request, […]
The issue of accented characters being displayed as question marks in black diamonds (�) in your browser usually stems from character encoding problems. Here are the most common causes and solutions: 1. Incorrect Character Encoding in the HTML Document The browser needs to know the correct encoding to properly display accented characters. If the document’s encoding is not set correctly, […]