Chilkat v11.6.0 / v11.6.1 Release Notes
See Release Notes for Versions 11.6.0 and 11.6.1
Chilkat v11.5.0 Release Notes
✨ New Features HttpCurl A new Chilkat class has been added: HttpCurl The Chilkat.HttpCurl class executes curl commands and can automatically resolve dependent values needed by a request. Variables such as {{access_token}}, {{site_id}}, or {{drive_id}} may appear in URLs, headers, query parameters, or request bodies. If a variable is not yet known, HttpCurl builds […]
Chilkat v11.4.0 Release Notes
✨ New Features Js A new Chilkat class has been added: Js is a minimal, standards-compliant JavaScript engine designed to embed JavaScript inside applications with very small footprint and fast startup. It executes JavaScript code inside an application without requiring a browser or large runtime. See About the Chilkat.Js JavaScript Engine Ai Provider — […]
Understanding URL Syntax (and Arguments to Http.SynchronousRequest)
URL’s have this general format: <scheme>://<domain>:<port>/<path>?<query_string>#<fragment_id> The URL parts are summarized below. Comments about how each part relates to the SynchronousRequest method are included. The SynchronousRequest method has the following signature (C# syntax) HttpResponse SynchronousRequest(string domain, int port, bool ssl, HttpRequest req); The URL parts: scheme: This can be “http” or “https”. If “https”, then […]
“SKIP” keyword in FoxPro examples.
A helpful note from a Chilkat customer: I wanted to update you on the problem for future reference. SKIP is a reserved word in Visual Foxpro, I should have caught it, but didn’t until 2 days of screwing with it. I knew it had to be something simple, because everything of yours worked perfect, fast, […]
The Basic Concept of LastErrorText
There are a few important things about the LastErrorText: 1) Each Chilkat method call (or property access) clears the LastErrorText and writes new information about what transpired during the method call. This information is available regardless of the success/failure of the method call. Most Chilkat objects include a VerboseLogging property that controls whether more or […]
PHP AES/Rijndael Encryption Confusion
AES is not exactly synonymous with “Rijndael”. AES is a (restricted) variant of Rijndael. AES has a fixed block size of 128 bits and a key size of 128, 192, or 256 bits, whereas Rijndael is specified with block and key sizes in any multiple of 32 bits, both with a minimum of 128 and […]
Number of Messages in a POP3 Inbox
There is often confusion about the number of messages in a POP3 inbox (for a given user account). Here are the typical scenarios that cause confusion: If your email client such as Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird seem to show more messages than what Chilkat can see, then make sure you realize which messages are stored […]
Chilkat Q&A Forum (chilkatforum.com) Available
The Chilkat Q&A Forum at chilkatforum.com is now available: Chilkat Q&A Forum
ActiveX Object Creation (CreateObject) Strings
The strings that should be passed to CreateObject for each of the Chilkat ActiveX components are listed in the reference documentation. For example: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/refdoc/xChilkatSFtpRef.html
Windows 8 Metro UI supported?
Question: Does Chilkat support Windows 8 Metro UI? Answer: Yes, any of the existing Chilkat libraries, components, etc. should run with no problems on the Windows 8 Metro UI.
Android Socket Permission Denied Error
If the LastErrorText contains a line such as this: socketError: Permission denied It means you need to add permissions for Internet communications in your manifest. It should be placed outside of the application tag, such as: <manifest> <application> . . . </application> <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INTERNET” /> </manifest>
Chilkat v9.3.1 Release Notes
Chilkat v9.3.1 is in the process of being released this week. The release notes (below) detail the changes, fixes, new features, etc. regarding the new version. All Added a free supporting CkDateTime object for date/time functionality. The use of SYSTEMTIME will become deprecated in favor of methods that instead return a CkDateTime object. More information […]