Question: I don’t see anything in the documentation or examples to indicate that “su” is supported w/ SSH? Is it possible to login to a user account and then “su” to root? Answer: “su” is a command just like any other Unix/Linux command. It is typed at the command prompt, it does something, and a response is written to standard […]
Question: Is it possible to use the email component in non-HTML mode only? For instance, I don’t want to be seeing HTML in the .Body after downloading the message from the server. Answer: Any given email can have a plain-text body, an HTML body, or both. The emailObject.Body property will contain the HTML body if present, or the plain-text body […]
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
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you see the following error on a Dim statement such as the following: Dim sa as New CkStringArray Make sure you add a reference to the appropriate Chilkat ActiveX. Select “Project–>References” from the VB6 menu and then check the checkbox next to the Chilkat ActiveX component to be referenced. (Select “Chilkat Util” for the CkStringArray object.) The complete mapping […]