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.  […]

Explaining the Concept of Folders in AWS S3

August 30, 2024 in AWS S3

In AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service), the concept of folders does not exist in the traditional sense as it does in a typical file system. Instead, S3 is a flat storage system where all objects (files) are stored in a single, global namespace. However, AWS S3 simulates a folder-like structure through the use of object […]

Background Threads (Async) in Classic ASP

August 30, 2024 in Classic ASP

* Chilkat recommends avoiding the use of Async methods in Classic ASP.  In summary, the Chilkat Async methods run in a background thread (within Chilkat) and you don’t want the background thread to be running after the processing of the ASP page is completed. In Classic ASP, creating and managing background threads is not natively […]

HTTP GET Works in Browser but not in Application

August 29, 2024 in HTTPS

If an HTTP GET works in a browser, but does not work from your application, then check to see if your site uses Cloudfare with the Browser Integrity Check turned on.   If so, then for testing purposes, temporarily turn BIC off, and try again. The Browser Integrity Check (BIC) feature in Cloudflare is a security […]

Solution for Azure OAuth2 Error: Public clients can’t send a client secret.

August 4, 2024 in OAuth2

Problem: When trying to do get the initial OAuth2 authorization token from Azure (using Chilkat.OAuth2), I get the following error: {“error”:”invalid_request”,”error_description”:”AADSTS90023: Public clients can’t send a client secret. Trace ID: … Solution: Chilkat.OAuth2 is for desktop apps and scripts (i.e. not code that runs on a web server), but it still behaves as a “Web […]