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. […]
To update the sshd on macosx to require both password and public-key authentication, do the following… Go to /etc/ssh Edit sshd_config and add the following line: AuthenticationMethods publickey,password If the PasswordAuthentication line exists, make sure it is commented out: #PasswordAuthentication yes Restart the server by running these two commands: sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist sudo launchctl […]
Full trust is needed to use the Chilkat .NET assembly on a Windows shared hosting platform, such as GoDaddy, where Plesk is used. To enable full trust, add the following to your web.config:
The previous version release notes: Chilkat v9.5.0.78 Release Notes Chilkat v9.5.0.79 Release Notes 21-May-2019 HttpResponse: (fixed) The FullMime property did not return the full MIME of the HTTP response. Instead, it returned the BodyStr. 27-May-2019: SFtp, Ssh: Added the LastJsonData method. This provides the ability to get additional information for some method calls. For example, […]
(The previous version release notes: Chilkat v9.5.0.77 Release Notes ) v9.5.0.78 Release Notes 2-April-2019 CkString: The appendHexData method would terminate with an unnecessary LF if the passed in data was a multiple of 16. 2-April-2019 Imap: Fixed a problem parsing IMAP server responses when fetching emails with AutoDownloadAttachments=false where the email is empty without attachments. […]
This blog post serve’s as Chilkat’s bookmark/reminder to this tutorial: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?852949-VB6-Tutorial-Using-OCX-Files-with-SxS-Technology It shows how to use the Chilkat ActiveX DLL with a VB6 application in such a way that the DLL can be located (side-by-side) with the .exe and no Windows registration is necessary. It requires a manifest XML file, which can be downloaded here: […]
Chilkat v9.5.0.76 Release Notes Chilkat v9.5.0.78 Release Notes v9.5.0.77 Release Notes: Email: The NumRelatedItems property was 1 too large in some cases. Bz2: PercentDone callbacks were not working. MailMan: If the connection is idle for 1 minute or more, the next email sent will automatically use a fresh connection. (When a method to send email […]
The /etc/ssh/sshd_config file has an entry called AuthenticationMethods. Typically you would enter either: to indicate which authentication method should be required. You can also enter: to indicate that either authentication method should be required. You can also enter: to indicate that both authentication methods should be required. If a server requires both publickey and password, […]
The v9.5.0.75 release notes are available here: Chilkat v9.5.0.75 Release Notes v9.5.0.76 Release Notes: Csr: The Certificate Signing Request class (Csr) now supports ECC based certificates. (bug fix) Xml: For the HasChildWithTag method, if the tagPath ended with array brackets, then the method failed. For example, if the tagPath was “something[i]”, then it did not […]
Question: I am trying to send email via GMail using the SMTP protocol. I am sending the correct GMail login credentials, but I get this error: … smtpAuthenticate: login_method: LOGIN auth_login: smtpSendGet2: sendCmdToSmtp: SmtpCmdSent: AUTH LOGIN –sendCmdToSmtp readSmtpResponse: SmtpCmdResp: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 –readSmtpResponse –smtpSendGet2 sendCmdToSmtp: SmtpCmdSent: *** –sendCmdToSmtp readSmtpResponse: SmtpCmdResp: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 –readSmtpResponse sendCmdToSmtp: SmtpCmdSent: {PasswordOrCredentials} […]
This post shows how to install the 32-bit Chilkat ActiveX using the 32-bit MSI installer here: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads_ActiveX.asp Step 1. Download and run the MSI installer. Step 2. In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Chilkat Software, Inc\Chilkat 32-bit ActiveX Double-click on CheckChilkatActiveX.exe You should see the following dialog: Step 3. Choose an ActiveX class from the “Choose […]
