Chilkat v11.2.0 Release Notes

Pinned November 3, 2025

Previous Version: Chilkat v11.1.0 Release Notes The main addition in v11.2.0 is the Chilkat.Ai class, and the Chilkat.StringBuilder.MarkdownToHtml method. Ai: The Chilkat AI class provides a unified API for interacting with different AI providers: OpenAI, Google, Claude, xAI, Perplexity, and DeepSeek. It provides functionality for conversation management, multimodal inputs, and streaming mode. Markdown to HTML […]

Semantic Versioning Starting with Chilkat 10.0.0

Pinned September 26, 2024

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.  […]

How to use an ActiveX in VB6

October 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

There are two ways to reference an ActiveX in Visual Basic 6.0.  The first is to select “Project–>References” from the VB6 menu.  The second way is to select “Project–>Components…” from the VB6 menu. Important:  You should do one or the other, but not both. Which do you choose?   Use “Project–>References” if you are going to […]

Converting a PuTTY Private Key (.ppk) to OpenSSH (.pem)

October 7, 2009 in Uncategorized

ASP: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) SQL Server: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) C#: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) C++: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) MFC: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) C: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) […]

Error: The system cannot find the file specified

October 2, 2009 in Uncategorized

If a Chilkat method fails because a file was not found, the LastErrorText will contain information such as this: ChilkatLog: LoadFromFile: DllDate: Sep 1 2009 filename: myCert.cer Failed to open file (2) filename: myCert.cer currentWorkingDirectory: c:\windows\system32\inetsrv osErrorInfo: The system cannot find the file specified. WindowsError: 0x2 Failed. There are two key pieces of information to […]

Is Calling .Dispose() Recommended for C# and VB.NET?

October 2, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: In your examples online, we have noticed that .Dispose() is never called after using Chilkat classes (we are writing in C#). Is calling .Dispose() recommended?  Does your code not need to destroy any native resources or handles that would normally be cleaned up in the Dispose method (the IDisposeable interface) ? Answer: For objects […]

regsvr32 Problems

October 2, 2009 in Uncategorized

ActiveX components and controls have been around for many years.  Unfortunately, when regsvr32 fails to register a DLL, the only information provided is an error code.  Usually in the format of a 32-bit hex number, such as 0x80004005 (although not necessarily that particular error code, I simply picked one at random for this blog post). […]

su Supported by Chilkat SSH for Linux/Unix Servers?

October 1, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: I don’t see anything in the documentation or examples to indicate that “su” is supported w/ SSH?  Is it possible to login to a user account and then “su” to root? Answer: “su” is a command just like any other Unix/Linux command. It is typed at the command prompt, it does something, and a […]