The main features of this release focus on Chilkat’s Ai class, enabling interactive AI response streaming directly into embedded desktop application browsers. It supports Azure, custom base URLs for OpenAI-compatible providers, and local providers like Ollama. ✨ New Features Ai Real-Time Streaming AI Responses to Embedded Browsers in Desktop Apps — Stream AI responses […]
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 […]
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. […]
What’s going on w/ Chilkat today… 1. User trying to execute remote SSH commands on two different switches: One is a Cisco switch, the second is a Dell Force 10. All working fine w/ Ssh.QuickCommand on the Cisco switch, but not the Dell Force 10. The QuickCommand method as shown in the example at https://www.example-code.com/vbnet/ssh_execute_remote_commands.asp […]
What’s going on in Chilkat support today? 1. A web server was responding with LF-only line endings in the HTTP response header. (The HTTP and MIME standard specifies that headers should have CRLF line endings.) Chilkat was “fixed” to accommodate the LF-only response header. 2. Started publishing packages for Electron versions 12 to 16, starting […]
What’s going on in Chilkat support today… 1. Is the Nvidia Jetson Nano development platform supported? Yes, you would use the downloads for aarch64-linux. For example, if C/C++, use the Aarch64 download here: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/chilkatLinux.asp 2. OLE error code 0x80020011: Does not support a collection. For this kind of thing, you should always Google the error […]
What’s going on in Chilkat support today… 1. Extremely long HTTP request headers can be a problem. (Headers that are more than 1000 characters in length) Some HTTP servers reject them unless the MIME header is folded. Some servers are OK with long headers. If folded to multiple lines, MIME headers need to fold opportunistically […]
What’s going on in Chilkat support today… 1. A customer needs a way to create a CMS detached signature from a pre-computed hash. Oddly, Chilkat did not yet have a function for doing it. The CMS signature functions in Crypt2 accept data and do the hashing internally. Chilkat is adding a Crypt2.SignHashENC method, as shown […]
What’s going on in Chilkat support today… 1. Error: PHP Startup: chilkat_9_5_0: Unable to initialize module $ php test.php PHP Warning: PHP Startup: chilkat_9_5_0: Unable to initialize module Module compiled with module API=20210902 PHP compiled with module API=20151012 These options need to match in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: dl(): Dynamically loaded extensions aren’t […]
What’s going on with Chilkat support today… 1. Does Chilkat support .NET Standard? We get this question from time to time. It’s usually because there’s great confusion about the meaning of .NET Standard vs. .NET Core vs. .NET Framework ( and now .NET 5 and .NET 6). It’s best to first get a solid, basic […]
What’s going on with Chilkat support today? 1) Problem report: My PowerBuilder 10.5 app runs fine, however when I call functions that are using the Chilkat DLL and controls returns to the calling script, the application crashes with the following error: … Exception code: 0xc000041d … Faulting module path: C:\…\pbdwe105.dll Solution: Before returning to the […]
What’s going on w/ Chilkat support today… 1. Long HTTP request headers present a difficulty because some web servers choke on header fields that are too long and require folding, whereas others choke on folded headers. Given that HTTP requests are MIME, and the request/response headers are MIME headers, header folding follows the MIME specification. […]
What’s going on with Chilkat support today… 1. The Http.PostJson, PostJson2, and PostJson3 methods neglect to send a Content-Type header if a completely empty body is sent. Starting in the next version (v9.5.0.90) Chilkat will always send the Content-Type header for these methods even if the JSON body is completely empty (i.e. a zero-length string […]
