Chilkat 9.2.0 Release Notes

(Email Object) The AspUnpack and AspUnpack2 methods were fixed to prevent the creation of duplicate HTML files. (Zip) On Linux systems only, the AppendFiles method failed in a rare specific circumstance. (TAR) Fixed Base256 internal decoding problem to support TAR archives larger than 8GB. (Email, MIME, Crypt2) Internal PKCS7 signed-data issue fixed for cases where the signed data contained no […]

Using chilkat.SYSTEMTIME in Python

Demonstrates how to create and populate a chilkat. SYSTEMTIME object in Python. import sys import chilkat email = chilkat.CkEmail() sysTime = chilkat.SYSTEMTIME(); # The SYSTEMTIME structure has the following members: # wYear (such as 2011) # wMonth (1 = January, 12 = December) # wDayOfWeek (0 to 6, where 0 = Sunday 1 = Monday, … 6 = Sunday) # […]

(Python) Using strings returned from sqlite3

In  the Python programming language, the strings returned from sqlite3 are unicode, not 8-bit strings. Chilkat API methods with string arguments expect either ANSI or utf-8 8-bit strings.  See these Python examples: http://www.example-code.com/python/python-source-file-encoding.asp http://www.example-code.com/python/python-charset.asp A unicode string returned from sqlite3 must be converted to an 8-bit string by using “str”, as shown below: … email.put_Subject(str(unicodeStr)) …

Mapped network drives are specific to the user account that created them

Question regarding SMTPQ: On the new server I mapped a network drive that was connected to the NAS box that holds the queue: s:\  =  \\xyz\smtpq\ When I set the folders in smtpQ Manager as follows the service will not start Queue Directory:    s:\queue Undelivered Directory:    s:\undelivered However if I use the network paths as follows: Queue Directory: \\xyz\smtpq\queue Undelivered […]

Unresolved External Solution for Chilkat in Visual Studio 2008 with C++ against Pocket PC 2003 (ARM)

Including Microsoft’s ccrtrtti.lib in the list of libraries for linking will solve unresolved externals such as the following: Chilkat_PPC_2003.lib(OutputFile.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol “const type_info::`vftable'” (??_7type_info@@6B@) Chilkat_PPC_2003.lib(FileDataSource.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol “const type_info::`vftable'” (??_7type_info@@6B@) Chilkat_PPC_2003.lib(zipCRC.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol “const type_info::`vftable'” (??_7type_info@@6B@) Chilkat_PPC_2003.lib(MemoryDataSource.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol “const type_info::`vftable'” (??_7type_info@@6B@) Chilkat_PPC_2003.lib(OutputDataBuffer.obj) : […]

GMail POP3 Authentication — Must Unlock Captcha

If captcha is enabled on your GMail account (and it is enabled by default), then GMail POP3 authentication will fail with this error (even though a correct login/password is provided) **** Connected to pop.gmail.com:995 < +OK Gpop ready for requests from 57.215.212.123 c23pf1097242ibu.22 > USER myaccount@something.com < +OK send PASS > PASS **** < -ERR [AUTH] Username and password not […]

Chilkat is available for the Android™ OS

The Chilkat libraries have been released for the Android™ mobile operating system. Go to Chilkat for Android The Chilkat for Android library supports Android Platform 2.0 (API Level 5) and above. Chilkat has been tested on Honeycomb (Android 3.0, API Level 11). The Chilkat library should be compatible with future versions of Android.