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 — […]
Reserved characters in filenames?
Question: What are the reserved characters we have to be aware of when naming folders? Answer: It depends on the operating system and filesystem-type of the computer. For example, in Windows, open Windows Explorer, select any file, press F2 to change the filename, and then try to insert a ‘?’ into the filename. You’ll see […]
Understanding FTP (a collection of useful links)
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Your Firewall / Network Address Translation (NAT) Router / Load-Balancing Router Wikipedia: File Transfer Protocol Active FTP vs. Passive FTP, a Definitive Explanation The FTP2.DetermineSettings Method Issue when an FTP Server is behind a NAT Router FTP Blockers – TCP/IP Port Filtering and Anti-Virus Deep Inspection Firewalls and Passive […]
FTP case sensitivity
Question: I had a question regarding the ChangeRemoteDir method, however. Is it case sensitive? If so, is there any way to force the method to ignore the case and just check for the correct spelling? Also, do I have to call ChangeRemoteDir for each folder level or can I, for example, call ChangeRemoteDir(“folder1/folder2/folder3”)? Answer: The […]
Equivalent HTML Form and Chilkat HTTP POST
Any HTML form POST can be duplicated programmatically with the Chilkat HTTP component. As an example, consider this HTML: <html> <body> <form name=”input” action=”http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testPostHandler.asp” method=”post”> Arg1: <input type=”text” name=”arg1″> <br>(Arg2 is a hidden input)<br> <input type=”hidden” name=”arg2″ value=”abc123″> Arg3 <input type=”text” name=”arg3″> <input type=”submit” value=”Submit”> </form> </body> </html> It submits a POST to http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testPostHandler.asp. The […]
Message-ID and ReplyToMessageID
Question: Reading through the documentation I don’t see access to the Message-ID. 1. Is it possible to set the Message-ID to string value? ( like a GUID string value ) 2. After a read-confirmation/reply, is there a property to access the ‘ReplyToMessageId’ value? Answer: The GetHeaderField and AddHeaderField methods may be used to set or […]
421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host
Question: I get this error from my SMTP server: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host What does it mean? Answer: The “too many connections from your host” error is the text of the error message that is coming back from the SMTP server. It indicates that the SMTP server has a limit on […]
-ERR Mailbox Locked
If you see this error when trying to login to a POP3 server, it most likely means that the server is only allowing a single connection (i.e. session) at a time for each mailbox, and than another user already has mailbox open. It could also mean that the POP3 administrator temporarily locked the mailbox to […]
Getting Accurate Last-Modified File Times from an FTP Server
Question: We have the need to get the file time properties of files located on a ftp site. Currently when I call GetCreateTime, GetLastAccessTime or GetLastModifiedTime I only get the hour and minute of the file (and all three methods return the same value). I also need to get the Seconds in addition to the […]
Chilkat v8.6.0.0 New Features
Chilkat v8.6.0.0 is being released today. Here’s a list of the major new features/fixes. Documentation and new examples will appear soon after the new version is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp Zip: ZIP64 extensions are now supported. There is effectively no limitation on the size of individual files that can be zipped or unzipped. There is also […]
System.BadImageFormatException
This usually happens when trying to use the Chilkat 32-bit .NET 2.0 Assembly on a 64-bit system. Download and use the x64 build for the Chilkat .NET 2.0 Framework at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp Also, it’s likely that your development environment is 32-bit. You should add a reference to the 32-bit ChilkatDotNet2.dll, but deploy the 64-bit ChilkatDotNet2.dll to […]