How to Load Binary Data into a PowerBuilder Blob

Question:  I am using Chilkat in a PowerBuilder 9 (ANSI) application where I receive a JSON from a request. The JSON contains binary data (a file) encoded in Base64. I am able to handle and save this data to disk using the BinData component. However, I am struggling to pass that binary information to a PowerBuilder BLOB data type. How […]

How Chilkat .NET Framework is different than Chilkat .NET Core

The architecture of the Chilkat .NET Core assembly is different than that for the .NET Framework in the following ways. Chilkat for .NET Framework Downloaded from https://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads_DotNet.asp can alternatively be used directly from NuGet: such as https://www.nuget.org/packages/chilkat-x64 The assembly DLL is a mixed-mode assembly, which means the outer layer is managed, but the inner core is native code. This prevents […]

PROXKey Token

This blog post is a summary of information about the PROXKey token… Drivers, Manuals, and Brochure:  https://proxkeytoken.in/download.php Supports PKCS#11 V2.10 Microsoft CAPI 2.0 Microsoft CNG but apparently not ScMinidriver Microsoft CSP provider name:  PROXKey CSP India V3.0 ATR: 3b6d000057443641018693111184124934 PKCS11 driver DLL:   C:\Windows\System32\SignatureP11.dll Repository for various token drivers, including WatchData PROXKey v2 and v3 drivers for Windows, Linux, and Mac:  […]

Does Chilkat Support Angular?

The answer is No and Yes. Angular is a client-side JavaScript framework, which means that it primarily runs on the client side (in the user’s browser) rather than on the web server. When a user accesses a web page built with Angular, the Angular application is downloaded to the user’s browser, and the majority of the processing occurs on the […]

Possible Solution for Failure to Produce LTV Enabled PDF Signature

This blog post describes the case where your application asks Chilkat to produce an LTV-enabled PDF signature by specifying “ltvOcsp” in the signing attributes, yet the signed PDF as viewed in Adobe Acrobat does not show the signature as being LTV enabled. For example, in Adobe Acrobat, an LTV enabled signature looks like this: You can see the message “Signature […]

Don’t Forget to Give Your Android Application INTERNET Permissions

In Android, network permissions are necessary for applications that want to establish network connections and use sockets to communicate over the internet. These permissions are declared in the AndroidManifest.xml file, and they inform the Android system about the specific capabilities an application requires. For applications that use sockets and perform network-related operations, the following permissions are commonly used: 1. INTERNET […]

Chilkat Socket Thread-Safety

Question: In my Visual FoxPro program, accessing the IsConnected property on a ChilkatSocket hangs when a “ReceiveUntilByteBdAsync” is run immediately after connecting the socket. Here is a minimal reproducible example: LOCAL loSocket loSocket = CreateObject(‘Chilkat_9_5_0.Socket’) loSocket.connect(‘127.0.0.1’, 8945, .f., 5000) &&used external socket server to be sure it was unrelated loBinData = CreateObject(‘Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData’) loTask = loSocket.ReceiveUntilByteBdAsync(ASC(‘Z’), loBinData) ?loSocket.IsConnected &&works loTask.run() ?loSocket.IsConnected […]

SMTP Timeout Sending Large Email

Question: While trying to send an email with an attachment of size 9MB from my application, I get an error.  Interestingly, the file gets delivered to the email address still we get the error in the application. Answer: Looking at the MailMan.LastErrorText for the call to SendEmail, we can see this: ChilkatLog: SendEmail: … ReadTimeout: 30000 … … sendCmdToSmtp: SmtpCmdSent: […]