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. […]
Question: I want my desktop application (or script) to send email from my Hotmail.com account (or my Live.com or Outlook.com account). My application will connect to the SMTP server for hotmail.com, authenticate using OAuth2, and send the email. I want to use Chilkat’s MailMan class to do it. I’m completely lost. Where do I even […]
(back to Send Email from Hotmail.com, Live.com, or Outlook.com) To create an App Registration in Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) you need a Microsoft work or school account. This is typically associated with an Azure AD tenant, and it provides the necessary permissions to access Entra ID features. Here’s […]
(back to Send Email from Hotmail.com, Live.com, or Outlook.com) No, “username@live.com” and “username@hotmail.com” are not the same email account, even though both are part of Microsoft’s email services. Each email address is unique, and the part after the “@” (the domain) differentiates the accounts. Key Differences: “@live.com”: This domain was introduced by Microsoft in 2005 […]
(back to Send Email from Hotmail.com, Live.com, or Outlook.com) Yes, hotmail.com and live.com are both part of Microsoft’s family of email services and essentially refer to the same backend infrastructure, although they originated from different services. Key Points: Hotmail: Originally launched in 1996 as one of the first free webmail services. Acquired by Microsoft in […]
