New Example for Paraguay E-Invoicing (SIFEN)

See this new example for signing XML E-invoices for Paraguay — SISTEMA INTEGRADO DE FACTURACIÓN ELECTRÓNICA NACIONAL (SIFEN). AutoIt Paraguay eInvoice XML Digital Signature C Paraguay eInvoice XML Digital Signature Python Paraguay eInvoice XML Digital Signature C++ Paraguay eInvoice XML Digital Signature C# Paraguay eInvoice XML Digital Signature DataFlex Paraguay eInvoice XML Digital Signature Delphi Paraguay eInvoice XML Digital Signature […]

What to do if Chilkat.Cert.LoadFromSmartcard Fails?

Here are the initial steps to follow to determine the reason why LoadFromSmartcard failed. Make sure to set the Cert,SmartCardPin property prior to calling LoadFromSmartcard. Make sure you are using the very latest version of Chilkat.  Chilkat’s internal intelligence regarding the options and choices to be made for different smartcard makes/models evolves with each new version. Assuming the failure persists […]

Solving CryptoCard Graphite Plus Smart Card Signing Problems

Information about the CryptoCard Graphite Plus smartcard is located at https://www.cryptotech.com.pl/Produkty/CryptoCard_Graphite,content.html “The card works closely with the new edition of the CryptoCard Suite software dedicated to it, which allows you to manage the content of the card and mediates in communication between programs using the card (logging into operating systems, e-mail programs, web browsers or signing applications) and the card […]

Types of Smartcard PINs

Smartcards use various types of PINs (Personal Identification Numbers) for authentication and security purposes. Some common types of PINs associated with smartcards are: User PIN: The User PIN is the primary PIN used by the cardholder to authenticate themselves and access the smartcard’s functionality. It is typically used for general card operations, such as authentication, digital signatures, and encryption. The […]

Office365 POP3 Authenticate Fails but Previously Succeeded

It’s normal for OAuth2 access tokens to expire after some time, such as 1 hour, and then you’ll need to refresh and retry. For example, this error in the LastErrorText for a call to Pop3Authenticate could indicate the OAuth2 accces token expired: Pop3Authenticate: DllDate: Mar 28 2023 ChilkatVersion: 9.5.0.94 UnlockPrefix: *** Architecture: Little Endian; 32-bit Language: ActiveX VerboseLogging: 1 Pop3Authenticate: […]

Quickly Understanding the MIME Format of Email

The format of email is MIME. A simple MIME message consists of headers followed by a body.  For example, here’s a simple text/plain email: From: sender@example.com To: recipient@example.com Subject: Example Email Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”UTF-8″ Hello, This is a simple plain text email. Regards, Sender MIME can be multipart. Here’s a text/plain email with a PDF attachment: From: sender@example.com To: recipient@example.com […]