The main features of this release focus on Chilkat’s Ai class, enabling interactive AI response streaming directly into embedded desktop application browsers. It supports Azure, custom base URLs for OpenAI-compatible providers, and local providers like Ollama. ✨ New Features Ai Real-Time Streaming AI Responses to Embedded Browsers in Desktop Apps — Stream AI responses […]
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 […]
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. […]
This error is occasionally reported by customers using classic ASP: Server object error ‘ASP 0177 : 800401f3’ Server.CreateObject Failed The call to CreateObject in ASP looks like this: set cryptObj = Server.CreateObject(“Chilkat.Crypt2″) The problem is that IIS was unable to lookup “Chilkat.Crypt2” in the registry in order to get the location of the DLL file. […]
Any Chilkat method that returns an object will return a NULL reference if the method failed. You should check for NULL and then examine the contents of the LastErrorText property. Here are examples in various programming languages: C# // Fetch the emails into a bundle object: Chilkat.EmailBundle bundle = null; bundle = imap.FetchBundle(messageSet); if (bundle […]
Occasionally, Chilkat will receive a support email from a customer with a problem described this way: Outlook can connect to my SMTP server and send email, but my application cannot. I’ve checked the settings and they are identical to those used by Outlook. What could the problem be? The problem is often caused by an […]
Question: I assume in order to use zip64 for larger files, I would need to be using a 64 bit machine? If so, this will not work as many of our clients use 32 bit machines. What are my other options? Answer: Chilkat Zip supports the ZIP64 file extensions. If a zip is too large […]
Quick Note: The Chilkat MailMan’s CloseSmtpConnection method sends a QUIT command to the SMTP server prior to closing the connection.
One of the most common problems with FTP data transfers (including downloading directory listings) has to do with Passive vs. Active mode. Depending on your client/server/firewall situation, it’s probable that only one of the two modes will work (Active or Passive). Normally, if you choose the mode that doesn’t work, the data connection is blocked […]
The following example programs demonstrate how to match MySQL’s AES_ENCRYPT function in different programming languages: ASP: Match MySQL AES_ENCRYPT Function SQL Server: Match MySQL AES_ENCRYPT Function C#: Match MySQL AES_ENCRYPT Function C++: Match MySQL AES_ENCRYPT Function MFC: Match MySQL AES_ENCRYPT Function C: Match MySQL AES_ENCRYPT Function Delphi: Match MySQL AES_ENCRYPT Function Visual FoxPro: Match MySQL […]
Question: My site has Google analytics (each page includes urchin.js), but when I use the Chilkat HTTP component, I don’t see the cookies. I can see the cookies using FireFox. What’s the problem? Answer: Cookies may be sent by the server via the Set-Cookie header. Chilkat HTTP looks for this header in the HTTP response […]
Question: Given that bounced email / DSN’s may not include the original headers, if I need to uniquely identify that the specific email didn’t make it to the recipient is there any way I can uniquely ID the email? I would use this info to know when to resend the email. Answer: Sometimes you’ll receive […]
HTTP upload requires code both client-side and server-side code to be functioning correctly. Imagine you are trying to do an HTTP upload from your application (using the Chilkat Upload component) and something is not working. How do you debug? Is the client-side application at fault? Is the Chilkat Upload component not working correctly? Is the […]
