May 23, 2018

Windows 10 1803 can’t run EXE files from a network shared folders

Chilkat has been receiving support email with the following error: connectSocket: connect_ipv6_or_ipv4: resolveHostname6: getAddressInfo: Failed to get host address info. (3) SocketError: Error 0x2afb Check to make sure the connection is not blocked by a firewall or anti-virus port filtering. hostOrIpAddr: **** port: See http://www.chilkatforum.com/questions/11627/sftp-failed-to-get-address-info for a possible cause of this error. Versions of Windows earlier than Windows XP are […]

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April 30, 2018

Yield and SleepMs in PowerBuilder

This is a note for PowerBuilder programmers: Some Chilkat classes provide a SleepMs method, which is provided as a convenience. The SleepMs method puts the thread to sleep for a number of milliseconds. However, this is not the same as a PowerBuilder Yield, which “Yields control to other graphic objects, including objects that are not PowerBuilder objects. Yield checks the […]

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February 19, 2018

Chilkat v9.5.0.72 Release Notes

The v9.5.0.71 release notes are available here: Chilkat v9.5.0.71 Release Notes v9.5.0.72 Release Notes: FTP2 Fixed FTP implicit SSL/TLS uploads for some FTP servers. CkString Fixed: In the Delphi DLL build, the CkString.split* and tokenize* methods caused a crash. Encryption Modification: Encrypting 0 bytes for block cipher algorithms with padding now results in one block of output, rather than 0 […]

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January 18, 2018

Chilkat v9.5.0.71 Release Notes

The v9.5.0.70 release notes are available here: Chilkat v9.5.0.70 Release Notes v9.5.0.71 Release Notes: FileAccess Added the GetFileTime method to get the last-modified, created, or last-access file date/time. Email Automatically fixes FROM email addresses to prevent email spoofing as described at https://www.mailsploit.com/index FileAcccess If FileSize() returns -1 (failed), then the LastMethodSuccess property was not properly set. (The LastMethodSuccess is a […]

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December 20, 2017

Minimizing Time to Send Email

Programmers using Chilkat to send email can do some simple things, and can avoid common mistakes to optimize the time it takes to send an email. 1) A common mistake is when a programmer calls mailman.VerifySmtpConnection and mailman.VerifySmtpLogin prior to actually sending the email. The intent of the Verify methods is for an application to examine connectivity and login success […]

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September 22, 2017

Chilkat v9.5.0.70 Release Notes

The v9.5.0.69 release notes are available here: Chilkat v9.5.0.69 Release Notes v9.5.0.70 Release Notes: WebSocket Added the WebSocket class. FTP2 The LargeFileMeasures property now applies to uploads. (It originally applied only to FTP downloads.) FTP2 For synchronization uploads, such as for the SyncRemoteTree method, the AutoGetSizeForProgress property now applies. The local directory tree is only scanned to determine the total […]

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September 11, 2017

Chilkat v9.5.0.69 Release Notes

The v9.5.0.68 release notes are available here: Chilkat v9.5.0.68 Release Notes v9.5.0.69 Release Notes: XML Digital Signatures Chilkat introduces two new classes for creating and verifying XML Digital Signatures: XmlDSig (for verification) and XmlDSigGen for generating XML signatures. More examples will be available soon. S/MIME The ability to get the digest and encryption algorithms encountered when verifying signatures and decrypting […]

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July 23, 2017

Setup Google Account for Google Drive API Walkthrough

A software developer had trouble getting started using Chilkat with his application for Google Drive. He gave me his login/password to help get him started. This blog post is a recording of the steps I’ve taken to set things up on the Google side to allow an application to access Google Drive files using a Client_ID and Client_Secret. A Client_ID/Secret […]

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