Postman –> cURL –> Generate Chilkat Application Code

Chilkat provies an online tool at https://tools.chilkat.io/curlHttp  to generate application code from a cURL statement. If you have an HTTP/REST request working in Postman, you can get the cURL statement, and then paste the cURL statement into Chilkat’s online tool to generate your application code. Get cURL statement from Postman Request To get the cURL statement from a Postman request, […]

Accented Chars in HTML Displayed as Question Marks in Black Diamonds

The issue of accented characters being displayed as question marks in black diamonds (�) in your browser usually stems from character encoding problems. Here are the most common causes and solutions: 1. Incorrect Character Encoding in the HTML Document The browser needs to know the correct encoding to properly display accented characters. If the document’s encoding is not set correctly, […]

How Deep Inspection Firewalls can Interfere with FTP Uploads and Downloads

Deep inspection firewalls, also known as deep packet inspection (DPI) firewalls, analyze the content of network traffic beyond basic header information, inspecting the payload of packets to enforce security policies, detect anomalies, and filter out malicious data. While this provides enhanced security, deep inspection can interfere with FTP uploads and downloads due to the unique characteristics of the FTP protocol. […]

How SFTP and FTP are Different Protocols

How SFTP and FTP Are Different Protocols SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) may both be used for file transfers, but they are fundamentally different protocols in their design, security mechanisms, and underlying technologies. 1. SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol): Not an Extension of FTP: SFTP is not related to FTP. It’s a completely different protocol […]

SFTP Public Key Authentication with id_ed25519

Question: I have a vendor that wants me to send text files to their SFTP server. They want me to use SFTP to send the files. I have other vendors to which I use SFTP to send files but they use a password for authentication. I use Chilkat libraries to do the SFTP to those vendors. This vendor has supplied […]

Chilkat SSH – SendReqExec vs SendReqShell

Chilkat’s SSH class provides the ability to start a shell session by calling SendReqShell, or by calling QuickShell.  You can alternatively run a single remote command by calling SendReqExec. SendReqExec does the “exec” command, whereas SendReqShell (or QuickShell) starts an interactive shell session where bytes sent to the SSH server via methods such as ChannelSendString are the equivalent of keystrokes […]

Unlock Chilkat at the Start of Each ASP Page

In Classic ASP, if you want to run the same code at the start of each web page, the best approach is to create an include file containing the code and then include that file at the beginning of each page. This way, you can centralize the code and ensure it runs on every page. Steps: Create an Include File […]