Verify Email Address?
Question: Can one test if a specific email address is OK before sending? Answer: The answer to this question is located here: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_235.asp
Verify Email Delivery?
Question: Is it possible to check if an email is delivered properly? Answer: The Chilkat MailMan is an SMTP client. It connects to an SMTP server to initiate the delivery of email. Typically you would connect to your company’s or ISP’s SMTP server. If the email is to be sent elsewhere, the SMTP server relays the email to the remote […]
How to Deploy ActiveX DLL’s with your Application
The content at the following link is often referred to but hard to find, so I am posting a link from here: Deploying an ActiveX with your Application
Installing a Certificate with Private Key for Use by IUSR, SYSTEM, or Service Windows Accounts
This article provides a step-by-step procedure for installing a certificate w/ private key (from a .PFX) so that it will be usable from ASP, ASP.NET, a Windows Service, or the SYSTEM account: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_309.asp
VB.NET to Extract a File from one Zip Archive and Append it to Another Zip Archive
The following VB.NET code copies the contents of the nutrition.xml file (found in xml1.zip) to another pre-existing .zip named xml2.zip: Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim zip1 As New Chilkat.Zip Dim success As Boolean success = zip1.UnlockComponent(“Anything for 30-day trial”) success = zip1.OpenZip(“xml1.zip”) Dim entry As Chilkat.ZipEntry entry = zip1.GetEntryByName(“nutrition.xml”) ‘ Assume the […]
Sent Email not Found in Exchange’s “Sent Items” Folder?
Question: After I send an email using Chilkat, I don’t see the email in the “Sent Items” folder in Exchange. How can this be done? Is it possible? Answer: The “Sent Items” folder is specific to Exchange/Outlook — it is not part of the SMTP protocol. You may use Chilkat IMAP to “append” a copy of the sent email to […]
Using the ChilkatDotNet2.dll Assembly in PowerShell
Question: I was going to try to use Powershell to send a “digitally signed” message, but I am not sure of how to “install” the “ChilkatDotNet2.dll” so Powershell can call it. Is there a way, or do I have to use the ActiveX version? Answer: I’ve never tried PowerShell, but after a little searching on the Web, I see that […]
SFTP Path Syntax
The SFTP protocol does not specify how absolute paths should be formatted. For example, suppose your SFTP server runs on a Windows system and you wish to open (on the remote server) “C:\Temp\someFile.txt”. Passing the exact string “C:\Temp\someFile.txt” to OpenFile will likely result in failure. Different SSH/SFTP servers may expect different path conventions. To discover what your SFTP server expects, […]