Chilkat v11.6.0 / v11.6.1 Release Notes
See Release Notes for Versions 11.6.0 and 11.6.1
Chilkat v11.5.0 Release Notes
✨ 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
✨ 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 — […]
Parsing Extremely Large XML Files
Question: I’m trying to read a very large xml file. It’s about 500MB. The content is a list of records. There are about 100,000 nodes with the same tag that contain single records. Is there a limit on the file size or number of nodes that can be processed? Answer: There is no limit other […]
CkPython vs. Chilkat2-Python
Question: Should I use CKPython or Chilkat2-Python for a new development (environment = Windows and Python 3.6) What’s the difference between these? Answer: The CkPython API is the original Chilkat for Python API that uses something called SWIG (swig.org) to produce the Python wrappers around the C/C++ implementation. The result is that CkPython API has […]
Test Creating ActiveX Object using VBScript (.vbs)
This article guides you to verify that the Chilkat ActiveX is installed properly and that it’s possible to create an instance of the object. Please first read this tutorial to understand basic concepts: https://chilkatsoft.com/activex_dll_registration_tutorial.asp Step 1. Download the 32-bit Chilkat ActiveX from here: https://chilkatsoft.com/downloads_ActiveX.asp *select the Zip Install (manual registration) * DO NOT unzip in […]
Convert CSV to utf-8?
Question: We’ve purchased a few of your products in the past and they work great. Here’s a question on another one: I’m creating a .csv file within a vfp program and I need it to be an Utf-8 format. I’m not finding anywhere how to do that programatically. Do you have a product that will […]
Chilkat HTTP Methods that return an HttpResponse Object
Question: I am having a problem identifying read timeouts from sites. I set ConnectTimeout and ReadTimeout properties of the HTTP object. When the site fails to respond within ReadTimeout, the following happens: PText still returns 0 PText returns a response object Reading of StatusCode and StatusText properties of the response object is successful Reading of […]
WSAEACCES An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions
Question: Do you have any idea what I could do to get around the following error that is generated by Chilkat DLL? I have verified that I can run PHP scripts (i.e., version()) through the port 3017 in localhost, so IIS and PHP are configured properly. The lcUrl = loOauth2.StartAuth() function call kicks up the […]
Necessary to Import Certificate from USB Token to Windows CertStore?
Question: Is it necessary to import certificate from USB token to Windows CertStore to sign with success? If YES, is there a way to do it programmatically and obtain the CommonName to store somewhere for future use? It will be very heavy for us to do it manually for each customer. Answer: Yes, the certificate […]
PayPal REST API OAuth2 Authentication
There’s a lot of confusion about exactly what login/password (or clientID/clientSecret) is to be used for obtaining an OAuth2 access token for PayPal REST API calls. PayPal uses simple HTTP Basic authentication (protected by a TLS connection) to obtain an access token. Using the Chilkat Rest library, your application would provide the credentials in […]
SSH/SFTP Connection Error: Failed to read KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST response
The “Failed to read KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST response” error happens if using a very old version of Chilkat SSH/SFTP with a newer SSH server. The solution is to update to the latest version of Chilkat.
Calling a REST POST API and Parsing JSON/XML Response
This blog post describes a general procedure for writing code that calls an HTTP/HTTPS POST REST API and parses the JSON or XML response. Step 1: Form the CURL Command A POST request in the form of a CURL command will look like this: curl -X POST https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/organisations/vat/123456789/returns \ -H “Accept: application/vnd.hmrc.1.0+json” \ -H “Content-Type: […]