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 — […]
SSH/SFTP Public Key Authentication Fails w/ DSA Key and OpenSSH Server
If SSH public key authentication fails when using a DSA private key, it may be that the SSH server disallows using DSA private keys. If the contents of the Chilkat LastErrorText for methods AuthenticatePk or AuthenticatePwPk contains the following, then this could be the cause of the error: … Sent public-key request. AuthList: publickey,password Proceeding […]
Error: OLE error code 0x80020006 Unknown name
If your code using the ActiveX generates the error “Error: OLE error code 0x80020006 Unknown name”, it means no method or property with the given name exists. Check the Chilkat online reference documentation for the ActiveX to see if the method or property actually exists. Here’s a sample error (in Italian) using FoxPro:
Error: This operation is not supported with BTT enabled
I haven’t seen this error before. A Chilkat user reported it, and then quickly found the answer: When trying to Create the Chilkat_9_5_0.http object with this example: https://www.example-code.com/vbscript/curl_username_password.asp , there’s a message that the ActiveX Component can’t create it, because “System: This operation is not supported with BTT enabled.” The cause of the problem had […]
New Security Measures taken by Google concerning “Loopback IP Adresses” or “OAuth out-of-band (oob)”
Question: I would like to know if Chilkat is affected by the new security measures taken by Google concerning “Loopback IP Adresses” or “OAuth out-of-band (oob)” https://developers.googleblog.com/2022/02/making-oauth-flows-safer.html https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/native-app#redirect-uri_loopback Answer: Chilkat does not use “oob”, so it’s not an issue. The loopback address, such as “http://localhost:port/”, remains valid if you define your app in the Google […]
Classic ASP to Read JSON Request Body and Write JSON Response
Here’s a Classic ASP example using Chilkat to read an incoming JSON request body (such as from a POST), load it into a Chilkat JsonObject, and then write the JSON to an application/json response: <% If Request.TotalBytes > 0 Then ‘ Read the JSON request body into a Chilkat BinData object. set bd = Server.CreateObject(“Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData”) […]
XML Signature Id attribute
In Chilkat v9.5.0.90, the Id attribute is automatically generated and added to the “Signature” tag when an XML digital signature is created. This results in a Signature that begins like this: <Signature xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#” Id=”signature-1502-9002-7096-7873″> Why did Chilkat do this? It is because if you or somebody else wishes to subsequently add an Encapsulated Timestamp to […]
How to Know a PDF is Corrupt
Open a PDF in Adobe Acrobat DC. Then without doing anything else, close the PDF. Does Acrobat ask to save changes even though you made no changes? If so, then it means that Acrobat auto-fixed a corrupt PDF.
Failed to read beginning of SSL/TLS record – can be caused by External Firewall
If the problem is with Office365, such as with SendEmail to smtp.office365.com, port 587, then updating to Chilkat v9.5.0.93 or later will solve the problem. For example, if you see the following, then update to v9.5.0.93 or later. … ensureSmtpSession: ensureSmtpConnection: smtpParams: SmtpHost: smtp.office365.com SmtpPort: 587 SmtpUsername: … SmtpSsl: 0 StartTLS: 1 –smtpParams smtpConnect: smtpHostname: […]
AutoFix POP3 and SMTP Port / TLS Settings
What is the MailMan.AutoFix property? Protocols such as POP3, SMTP, FTP, IMAP, etc. that sit atop SSL/TLS in the protocol stack, can establish TLS connections in one of two ways: explicit or implicit. Implicit SSL/TLS means that immediately after the TCP connection is established, it is implicitly known that client and server will begin with […]
SQL sp_OAMethod String Length Return Value Limitations
The sp_OAMethod function is used to call ActiveX methods in SQL stored procedures. If the ActiveX method returns a string, there is a limit imposed by sp_OAMethod on the size of the string that can be returned. (Perhaps it is 4000 chars?) This blog post describes a way to workaround this limitation. An example of […]