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. […]
This blog post serve’s as Chilkat’s bookmark/reminder to this tutorial: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?852949-VB6-Tutorial-Using-OCX-Files-with-SxS-Technology It shows how to use the Chilkat ActiveX DLL with a VB6 application in such a way that the DLL can be located (side-by-side) with the .exe and no Windows registration is necessary. It requires a manifest XML file, which can be downloaded here: […]
The /etc/ssh/sshd_config file has an entry called AuthenticationMethods. Typically you would enter either: to indicate which authentication method should be required. You can also enter: to indicate that either authentication method should be required. You can also enter: to indicate that both authentication methods should be required. If a server requires both publickey and password, […]
Question: I am trying to send email via GMail using the SMTP protocol. I am sending the correct GMail login credentials, but I get this error: … smtpAuthenticate: login_method: LOGIN auth_login: smtpSendGet2: sendCmdToSmtp: SmtpCmdSent: AUTH LOGIN –sendCmdToSmtp readSmtpResponse: SmtpCmdResp: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 –readSmtpResponse –smtpSendGet2 sendCmdToSmtp: SmtpCmdSent: *** –sendCmdToSmtp readSmtpResponse: SmtpCmdResp: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 –readSmtpResponse sendCmdToSmtp: SmtpCmdSent: {PasswordOrCredentials} […]
This post shows how to install the 32-bit Chilkat ActiveX using the 32-bit MSI installer here: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads_ActiveX.asp Step 1. Download and run the MSI installer. Step 2. In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Chilkat Software, Inc\Chilkat 32-bit ActiveX Double-click on CheckChilkatActiveX.exe You should see the following dialog: Step 3. Choose an ActiveX class from the “Choose […]
Question: When using asynchronous socket methods, VFP crashes. Try running the code from the example under VFP https://www.example-code.com/foxpro/socket_async.asp What else do I need to configure? Answer: The older IDE’s such as VB6 and FoxPro don’t take kindly to background threads. The solution is to clean up the threads at the end of your program by […]
Question: I get the following error in the LastErrorText for domain “something.com”. … connectSocket: connect_ipv6_or_ipv4: resolveHostname6: getAddressInfo: Failed to get host address info. (3) SocketError: WSANO_DATA The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found. WSANO_DATA typically indicates a problem with DNS — possibly a missing CNAME record for the […]
If a file or data does not compress, and the “compressed” result is slightly larger than the uncompressed input, then… This is typical if one tries to compress already-compressed data. For example, the JPG image format is itself a compression algorithm. The more something is compressed, the more the data resembles a sequence of random […]
The following link errors can happen if the incorrect Chilkat C/C++ library is chosen. For example, if you are using the TDM 4.7.1 compiler, but you downloaded the Chilkat lib for MinGW-4.6.3, then you would get these errors: ../lib/libchilkat-9.5.0.a(ChilkatTm.o):ChilkatTm.cpp:(.text+0x80): undefined reference to `_localtime32′ ../lib/libchilkat-9.5.0.a(ChilkatTm.o):ChilkatTm.cpp:(.text+0x237): undefined reference to `_mktime32′ ../lib/libchilkat-9.5.0.a(ChilkatTm.o):ChilkatTm.cpp:(.text+0x1df9): undefined reference to `_time32′ ../lib/libchilkat-9.5.0.a(ChilkatTm.o):ChilkatTm.cpp:(.text+0x266): undefined […]
This example explains how to do HTTP authentication on a Windows system using the current logged-on user credentials. Classic ASP: HTTPS Windows Integrated Authentication C: HTTPS Windows Integrated Authentication Chilkat2-Python: HTTPS Windows Integrated Authentication C++: HTTPS Windows Integrated Authentication C#: HTTPS Windows Integrated Authentication C# UWP/WinRT: HTTPS Windows Integrated Authentication DataFlex: HTTPS Windows Integrated Authentication […]
To use Chilkat for signing XML with a CNS smartcard, the certificate must be installed on the Windows system. Chilkat uses the Microsoft CNG (Cryptographic Next Generation) to do the signing. If the CNS smartcard certificate is installed on Windows correctly, then CNG should automatically know to use the smartcard for signing. I cannot read […]
