Posting a status update to Twitter

ASP: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update SQL Server: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update C#: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update C++: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update MFC: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update C: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update Delphi: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update Visual FoxPro: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update Java: HTTP POST Twitter Status Update Perl: HTTP POST Twitter […]

SOCKS4 proxy server sometimes rejects FTP data connection?

The FTP Extended Passive Mode (EPSV) continues to be both a solution to problems AND the cause of problems. The Chilkat FTP2 component will automatically use EPSV (as opposed to PASV) if it detects the FTP server supports EPSV. This is generally a good thing to do, and often solves problems. However, occasionally it can be the cause of problems. […]

VC++ Link problem: fatal error C1047, “Chilkat*.lib’ was created with an older compiler than other objects; rebuild old objects and libraries”

Regarding the following VC++ link problem: “fatal error C1047: The object or library file ‘c:\Chilkat\libs\x64\ChilkatRel_x64.lib’ was created with an older compiler than other objects; rebuild old objects and libraries” This can be resolved by building without the /LTCG flag turned on. Unfortunately, it is not possible to use the /LTCG flag if you are using the Chilkat libraries. Compiling and […]

IMAP Login: BAD Command received in Invalid state.

This error can happen if you connect to an IMAP server without SSL/TLS (i.e. at port 143) but the server does not allow unsecure sessions.  Oddly enough, the Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 server will accept the connection, but will fail any login attempt with this error.  Here is a sample SessionLog: Connecting to IMAP server at xxxx.com:143 > —-IMAP RESPONSE—- > […]

Error 0x8002801D when Instantiating Chilkat HTTP ActiveX

This error indicates that there is a problem with the registry information for the ActiveX DLL. The registry entry may be missing or contain incorrect information, or the user may not have permission to read the registry entry. In ASP, the error message may look like this:  Server object error ‘ASP 0177 : 8002801d’ In applications, you may see an […]

Using Chilkat IMAP with Yahoo IMAP (imap.mail.yahoo.com)

From Wikipedia: It is possible to get direct IMAP  access without signing up for paid access nor using software like YPOPs! or FreePOPs. Yahoo! operates IMAP and secure IMAP servers (imap.mail.yahoo.com in particular), which are globally accessible. However they require a specific, non-standard IMAP command to be sent before login is done, namely: “ID (“GUID” “1”)”. Using Chilkat IMAP, you […]

SFTP OpenFile fails with “Folder not found” from SFTP Server

If the SSH/SFTP server responds with a “Folder not found” error in response to calling OpenFile with a remote filepath is just a filename with no path part, then try prepending “./” to the filepath.  For example: success = sftp.OpenFile(“test.txt”, “writeOnly”, “createTruncate”); If this fails with a “Folder not found”, then modify your code to this: success = sftp.OpenFile(“./test.txt”, “writeOnly”, […]