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 — […]
Inflate from Zip to memory in C++
This example demonstrates how to inflate in-memory from a Zip in C++: CkZip zip; … // Assume we have a CkZip object and a .zip has been loaded. // It may have been loaded from a file by calling OpenZip, or from an // in-memory image of a .zip by calling OpenFromMemory. // (or any […]
Updating an ActiveX DLL
Question: I have several of your programs installed on many machines. The problem is that some of these are older file DLL’s that need updating. What is the easiest way to update a DLL? If I run the .msi install, I just end up with two version of the DLL when I go into add/remove […]
Non-English String Literals in C++ Source Code
When a C++ compiler compiles a C++ source file, it must process the bytes according to a character encoding and that is typically ANSI. ANSI is not a character encoding, it is simply a keyword that says “Use the default multi-byte character encoding for this computer based on its current locale.” Therefore, if your program […]
FTP – 553-Can’t open that file: Invalid argument (in htdocs)
This post describes a strange error on one type of FTP/web server if FrontPage extensions are installed. The error message provided by the FTP server is very misleading. Here is an explanation: When FrontPage Extensions are installed on a domain, FTP access to the htdocs folder, and all of its child folders, is limited to […]
FTP Timeout trying to Connect on Port 990
Question: What is the cause of this error? ChilkatLog: Connect: DllDate: Dec 2 2008 UnlockPrefix: Anything for 30-day trial Username: <username> Component: .NET 2.0 Hostname: <hostname> Port: 990 IdleTimeoutMs: 60000 ConnectTimeout: 60 HeartbeatMs: 0 Timeout waiting to read socket or accept connection timeoutMs: 60000 Failed to read FTP response line.. initialStatus: -1 initialResponse: Failed to […]
SSH – Multiple Commands w/out Reconnect
Question: Hi, I’m evaluating Chilkat C++ SSH Library for My VC 9.0 Projects. I have a question: Your examples send only one command. I want to send several commands without reconnect. I experimented and found SendReqShell handles multiple commands execution, not SendReqExec. Can I have a more detailed sample about this? Answer: You may call […]
No X-UIDL header found
The following mailman methods use the X-UIDL email header as the means to identify the email to be downloaded or deleted from a POP3 server: GetFullEmail DeleteEmail DeleteBundle If no X-UIDL header is found within the email, then it is not possible to determine the sequence number of the email to be downloaded or deleted. […]
SFTP Permission Denied on OpenFile
Question: I’m getting error after sftp.OpenFile() call OpenFile: DllDate: Nov 27 2008 UnlockPrefix: Anything for 30-day trial Username: chilkat Component: .NET 2.0 SshVersion: SSH-2.0-5.3.3.56 SSH Tectia Server SftpVersion: 3 hcCurDate: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:53:46 +0200 hcExpire: 1/2009 filename: sftp_test.txt access: writeOnly createDisposition: openOrCreate v3Flags: 0xa Sent FXP_OPEN [SSH] Received IGNORE message StatusCode: 3 ErrorMessage: […]
500 Internal Server Error
To get the actual cause of the error, go to IE’s Tools/Internet Options menu, and on the advanced tab, uncheck “Show friendly HTTP error messages.”
VB6 Variant vs Byte Array
In Visual Basic 6.0, a Variant containing a byte array is different than a byte array. For example, examine this code: ‘ Assume mime is a ChilkatMime object… Set mimePart = mime.GetPart(1) thefile = FreeFile() ‘Get the attachment filename FileName = mimePart.FileName ‘Get the attachment Dim mBody As Variant mBody = mimePart.GetBodyBinary If Len(mBody) > […]