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 have now tried to register the component manually, but then I get his message: “The module c:\…\ChilkatDotNet2.dll was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found. Make sure that c:\…\ChilkatDotNet2.dll is a valid DLL or OCX file and try again.” Answer: A .NET assembly is not an ActiveX component. It is not registered […]
Question: I was wondering how it would be possible to make changes to an email on the server. Answer: Once an email is on a server, it cannot be modified. This is not a Chilkat limitation, but it’s the way mail servers work. However, with IMAP you may download an email, make changes, upload the […]
Question: I recently purchased the Chilkat HTTP component and am using it with a Visual FoxPro application. However, each time I run it the form freezes and I get the Not Responding message in the title bar. I have an animated GIF that I am using as a quasi-progress meter but that freezes as well. […]
Question: A quickie question about the FTP2 control. I have some clients with strange FTP servers that return the directory listings in formats that no control seems to be able to handle (although I have not tried yours!). However, it is next to impossible to test, since I do not have access to their server. […]
The Chilkat VC++ static libraries are for unmanaged C++ applications. A Managed C++ application (using Microsoft’s Managed Extensions for C++) runs within the .NET Framework and therefore must use the Chilkat .NET assembly. The Chilkat C++ online reference documentation and online examples are for unmanaged C++ applications. For Managed C++, the best choice is to […]
Using the Chilkat IMAP API: To download emails having the exact contents of a header field, or all emails where a given header field contains a specified substring, use the Search method like this: (C++) CkMessageSet *mset = imap.Search(“HEADER Message-ID 48208D0C”,true); (C#) Chilkat.MessageSet mset = imap.Search(“HEADER Message-ID 48208D0C”,true); If the Search method returns a non-NULL […]
Question: I’m having trouble finding a good/complete VB.Net Chilkat example of how to generate an RSA key container with a key pair (private and public) and save that key container to a file. Answer: I think I can clarify. With 2 points: 1) In actuality, an RSA private key also contains the public-part of the […]
Question: “I’ve been trying out the ZIP package that you guys have and for the most part it’s great. I do however have a question about folder manipulation. What I would like to be able to do is individually remove files from the zip and if the directory is empty I would like to remove […]
I get the following support problem about once per week from ASP developers: The ASP developer wants to upload a file from the client computer where the browser is running, to an FTP server. He writes ASP code to do the FTP upload, but cannot understand why the file is not found. The thing the […]
The blog post explains the “Not in the authenticated state” error. ChilkatLog: SelectMailbox: DllDate: Feb 15 2010 UnlockPrefix: Anything for 30-day trial Username: NETWORK SERVICE Component: .NET 2.0 mailbox: Inbox Not in the authenticated state This error happens if the caller is either not connected to an IMAP server, or is connected but the Login […]
