Chilkat v11.5.0 Release Notes

Pinned June 2, 2026

  ✨ 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

Pinned April 1, 2026

  ✨ 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 — […]

Background Enabled Methods – Using Chilkat Asynchronously

December 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

Notice: The functionality described here is deprecated and replaced by a newer model for asynchronous method calls. The newer model was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.52, and is identified by methods having names ending in “Async” which return a task object. The Chilkat HTTP component has a set of methods and properties that allow already-existing methods […]

Asynchronous HTTP

December 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

Notice: The functionality described here is deprecated and replaced by a newer model for asynchronous method calls. The newer model was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.52, and is identified by methods having names ending in “Async” which return a task object. The following example demonstrates the older, deprecated asynchronous HTTP functionality that allows for any HTTP […]

Debugging an HTTP Form Login

December 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

This is a summary of the steps I’m taking to debug the following problem: I am trying to login using Chilkat HTTP to this site: Startseite and after the login, there is a 302 redirect. After the redirect, the session is lost. I believe it could be another cookie related issue. 1. Make sure I’m […]

HTTP Session Logging

December 9, 2009 in Uncategorized

This example demonstrates how to use the new Chilkat HTTP SessionLogFilename property to log exact HTTP requests and responses to a file.  This can help in debugging… ASP: HTTP Session Logging SQL Server: HTTP Session Logging C#: HTTP Session Logging C++: HTTP Session Logging MFC: HTTP Session Logging C: HTTP Session Logging Delphi: HTTP Session […]

Socket “Not ready for writing” when trying to Connect?

December 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: Can you tell from this log why it would say “socket is not ready for writing”? OpenSmtpConnection: DllDate: Jun 9 2009 UnlockPrefix: **** Username: Administrator Component: ActiveX Need new SMTP connection SMTP_Connect: Connecting to SMTP server mail.****.com:25 smtp_host: mail.****.com smtp_port: 25 domain: mail.****.com smtp_user: **** socket is not ready for writing Connect function failed. […]

HTTP Cache-Control

December 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: Using the HTTP component I’m connecting and downloading an RSS feed via a Proxy server (fantastic!!). Trouble is – the proxy is caching yesterday’s feed and I need to force the proxy to refresh it’s contents (that’s the proxy on my network – not the Chilkat local cache). How can I tel the HTTP […]

SFTP File not Found

December 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: I’m trying to open a file on the SFTP server, but I get a “File not Found” error? Here is the LastErrorText: ChilkatLog: OpenFile: DllDate: Dec 2 2009 UnlockPrefix: Anything for 30-day trial Username: IUSR_ABC*** Component: ActiveX SshVersion: SSH-2.0-1.36 sshlib: GlobalScape SftpVersion: 3 hcCurDate: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:48:25 +0000 hcExpire: 1/2010 filename: test.txt […]

SFTP Permission Denied trying to open existing file.

December 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: Why did I get a permission denied error from the server when trying to open an existing file on the SSH/SFTP server? Here’s the LastErrorText: ChilkatLog: DownloadFileByName: DllDate: Dec 2 2009 UnlockPrefix: *** Username: Administrator Component: ActiveX SshVersion: SSH-2.0-CoreFTP-0.1.2 SftpVersion: 3 PreserveDate: 0 fromFilePath: /test.dat.gz toFilePath: c:\abc\test.dat.gz OpenRemoteFile: filename: /test.dat.gz access: readOnly createDisposition: openExisting […]

Zip DecryptPassword and EncryptPassword

December 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: I’m confused about DecryptPassword and EncryptPassword. I want to encrypt the files I am emailing. I want the recipient to be required to enter a password when they try to open the zipped file. Do I EncryptPassword or DecryptPassword? Answer: Use DecryptPassword when using the Chilkat Zip component / library to open an encrypted […]

Deleting email in GMail

December 7, 2009 in Uncategorized

(A tip from a Chilkat customer.) The only way to delete emails on Gmail is in three steps: 1. Copy the email(s) to the folder called [Gmail]/Trash 2. Select all of the emails in [Gmail]/Trash and set the Deleted flag 3. Execute ExpungeAndClose or Expunge command I found that this is the only way to […]