Chilkat v11.5.0 Release Notes

Pinned June 2, 2026

  ✨ New Features HttpCurl A new Chilkat class has been added: HttpCurl The Chilkat.HttpCurl class executes curl commands and can automatically resolve dependent values needed by a request. Variables such as {{access_token}}, {{site_id}}, or {{drive_id}} may appear in URLs, headers, query parameters, or request bodies. If a variable is not yet known, HttpCurl builds […]

Chilkat v11.4.0 Release Notes

Pinned April 1, 2026

  ✨ New Features Js A new Chilkat class has been added: Js is a minimal, standards-compliant JavaScript engine designed to embed JavaScript inside applications with very small footprint and fast startup. It executes JavaScript code inside an application without requiring a browser or large runtime. See About the Chilkat.Js JavaScript Engine Ai Provider — […]

Asynchronous Chilkat Methods in Node.js

September 25, 2015 in Uncategorized

Chilkat implements a thread pool for asynchronous tasks in all programming languages except for Node.js. For Node.js, Chilkat tasks run directly on Node’s internal thread pool (i.e. the libuv thread pool). The Task.Run() method can have 0 or 1 arguments. If an argument is passed, it is the “task completed” callback that get called when […]

Using the Chilkat ActiveX in VB6

September 23, 2015 in Uncategorized

To use the Chilkat ActiveX in a Visual Basic 6.0 program, review each of these items to make sure you’re doing everything correctly: Make sure you’re using the 32-bit ActiveX, even on 64-bit Windows. The ActiveX must be registered (via regsvr32) on each computer.  If you’re having trouble, try using the .msi installer available here: […]

Chilkat ActiveX MSI Installers

September 11, 2015 in Uncategorized

Chilkat may begin providing .msi installers for the 32-bit and 64-bit ActiveX components. Here are .msi installers for testing: (version 9.5.0.56) Chilkat 32-bit ActiveX MSI Installer Chilkat 64-bit ActiveX MSI Installer Installing the .msi should register the ActiveX. The .msi also includes the required MSM merge module for the VC++ 2008 runtime. To check the […]

v9.5.0.52 Micro Update: New Features, Fixes, Changes, etc.

September 2, 2015 in Uncategorized

Java (including Android): Added event callback capabilities for progress monitoring. Async: Added asynchronous functionality for all qualifying methods across all programming languages, operating systems, and architectures. Each Chilkat method that can potentially be time-consuming or involve network communications, now has a corresponding asynchronous version of the method with the name ending in “Async”. Ecc: Added […]