January 13, 2020

O365 IMAP Authentication: OAuth and MFA Solution

There is much confusion and worry about Microsoft’s plans to disable standard password authentication for the IMAP, and POP3  protocols. Here is the announcement posted on 20-Sept-2019 on the Office 365 blog: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/blogs/end-of-support-for-basic-authentication-access-to-exchange-online-apis-for-office-365-customers/ Chilkat already supports OAuth2 for the IMAP, POP3, and SMTP protocols. (Microsoft will continue to support basic auth for SMTP)  In all three protocols, an application can […]

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December 11, 2019

Delphi DLL TaskCompleted Callbacks

Also see: Delphi DLL AbortCheck Callbacks Delphi DLL PercentDone Callbacks Delphi DLL ProgressInfo Callbacks 1) First define a procedure exactly as shown here. Make sure to use the “cdecl” calling convention. 2) Set the task completed callback by calling the appropriate SetTaskCompleted function. For the CkRest object it is CkZip_SetTaskCompleted(rest,MyTaskCompleted); Note: This example shows TaskCompleted callbacks using CkRest. The same […]

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December 11, 2019

Delphi DLL ProgressInfo Callbacks

Also see: Delphi DLL AbortCheck Callbacks Delphi DLL PercentDone Callbacks Delphi DLL TaskCompleted Callbacks 1) First define a procedure exactly as shown here. Make sure to use the “cdecl” calling convention. 2) Set the ProgressInfo callback by calling the appropriate SetProgressInfo function. For the CkSocket object it is CkSocket_SetProgressInfo(sock,MyProgressInfo); Note: This example shows ProgressInfo callbacks using CkSocket. The same technique […]

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December 11, 2019

Delphi DLL AbortCheck Callbacks

Also see: Delphi DLL PercentDone Callbacks Delphi DLL ProgressInfo Callbacks Delphi DLL TaskCompleted Callbacks 1) First define a function exactly as shown here. Make sure to use the “cdecl” calling convention. Returning a non-zero Result will cause the Chilkat method to abort. 2) Set the abort check callback by calling the appropriate SetAbortCheck function. For the CkZip object it is […]

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December 11, 2019

Delphi DLL PercentDone Callbacks

Also see: Delphi DLL AbortCheck Callbacks Delphi DLL ProgressInfo Callbacks Delphi DLL TaskCompleted Callbacks 1) First define a function exactly as shown here.  Make sure to use the “cdecl” calling convention. Returning a non-zero Result will cause the Chilkat method to abort.  It is important to set Result := 0 to allow the Chilkat method to continue. 2) Set the […]

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November 25, 2019

Getting OAuth2 Token in Desktop App vs. Web App

Question: I have done some Dataflex development for the UK ‘Making Tax Digital’ functions that require oAuth2 authorisation. I’ve used your example code for the Windows work but I now need to get this working for a Dataflex Web based version. That communication part will all take place from the Web server. Any pointers on how to get oAuth to […]

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November 18, 2019

GMail “Allow Access for Less Secured Apps”

Question: I created a Gmail account and I am SendEmailAsync to send email via that Gmail account through a VB6 program. I had to turn on “allow access for less secured apps” for that Gmail account but otherwise, I am able to get everything working. However, after some weeks of inactivity, Google would automatically turn disable access for less secured […]

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