Background Enabled Methods – Using Chilkat Asynchronously

Notice: The functionality described here is deprecated and replaced by a newer model for asynchronous method calls. The newer model was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.52, and is identified by methods having names ending in “Async” which return a task object. The Chilkat HTTP component has a set of methods and properties that allow already-existing methods to be called asynchronously. For […]

Asynchronous HTTP

Notice: The functionality described here is deprecated and replaced by a newer model for asynchronous method calls. The newer model was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.52, and is identified by methods having names ending in “Async” which return a task object. The following example demonstrates the older, deprecated asynchronous HTTP functionality that allows for any HTTP method to be run asynchronously […]

Debugging an HTTP Form Login

This is a summary of the steps I’m taking to debug the following problem: I am trying to login using Chilkat HTTP to this site: Startseite and after the login, there is a 302 redirect. After the redirect, the session is lost. I believe it could be another cookie related issue. 1. Make sure I’m using the very latest version […]

HTTP Session Logging

This example demonstrates how to use the new Chilkat HTTP SessionLogFilename property to log exact HTTP requests and responses to a file.  This can help in debugging… ASP: HTTP Session Logging SQL Server: HTTP Session Logging C#: HTTP Session Logging C++: HTTP Session Logging MFC: HTTP Session Logging C: HTTP Session Logging Delphi: HTTP Session Logging Visual FoxPro: HTTP Session […]

Socket “Not ready for writing” when trying to Connect?

Question: Can you tell from this log why it would say “socket is not ready for writing”? OpenSmtpConnection: DllDate: Jun 9 2009 UnlockPrefix: **** Username: Administrator Component: ActiveX Need new SMTP connection SMTP_Connect: Connecting to SMTP server mail.****.com:25 smtp_host: mail.****.com smtp_port: 25 domain: mail.****.com smtp_user: **** socket is not ready for writing Connect function failed. SocketError: WSAEWOULDBLOCK The socket would […]

HTTP Cache-Control

Question: Using the HTTP component I’m connecting and downloading an RSS feed via a Proxy server (fantastic!!). Trouble is – the proxy is caching yesterday’s feed and I need to force the proxy to refresh it’s contents (that’s the proxy on my network – not the Chilkat local cache). How can I tel the HTTP component to force the proxy […]

SFTP File not Found

Question: I’m trying to open a file on the SFTP server, but I get a “File not Found” error? Here is the LastErrorText: ChilkatLog: OpenFile: DllDate: Dec 2 2009 UnlockPrefix: Anything for 30-day trial Username: IUSR_ABC*** Component: ActiveX SshVersion: SSH-2.0-1.36 sshlib: GlobalScape SftpVersion: 3 hcCurDate: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:48:25 +0000 hcExpire: 1/2010 filename: test.txt access: writeOnly createDisposition: createTruncate v3Flags: […]

SFTP Permission Denied trying to open existing file.

Question: Why did I get a permission denied error from the server when trying to open an existing file on the SSH/SFTP server? Here’s the LastErrorText: ChilkatLog: DownloadFileByName: DllDate: Dec 2 2009 UnlockPrefix: *** Username: Administrator Component: ActiveX SshVersion: SSH-2.0-CoreFTP-0.1.2 SftpVersion: 3 PreserveDate: 0 fromFilePath: /test.dat.gz toFilePath: c:\abc\test.dat.gz OpenRemoteFile: filename: /test.dat.gz access: readOnly createDisposition: openExisting v3Flags: 0x1 Sent FXP_OPEN StatusResponse: […]

Zip DecryptPassword and EncryptPassword

Question: I’m confused about DecryptPassword and EncryptPassword. I want to encrypt the files I am emailing. I want the recipient to be required to enter a password when they try to open the zipped file. Do I EncryptPassword or DecryptPassword? Answer: Use DecryptPassword when using the Chilkat Zip component / library to open an encrypted zip. Use EncryptPassword when writing […]

Deleting email in GMail

(A tip from a Chilkat customer.) The only way to delete emails on Gmail is in three steps: 1. Copy the email(s) to the folder called [Gmail]/Trash 2. Select all of the emails in [Gmail]/Trash and set the Deleted flag 3. Execute ExpungeAndClose or Expunge command I found that this is the only way to truly delete emails from Gmail.