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 — […]
Chilkat 4-May-2022 – This Python version does not match the downloaded Chilkat module.
Question: Unable to install Chilkat because of the Python version and architecture error: “This Python version does not match the downloaded Chilkat module.” Answer: Refer to the install instructions here: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/installPythonLinux2.asp You can open the installChilkat.py script in a text editor to see what it does. It’s simply verifying that your version of Python (such […]
Chilkat 16-April-2022
Problem Report: Sending Signed Email with an Attachment A user reported a problem where sending digitally signed email works fine for emails with no attachments, but verification on the receiving end failed for emails with attachments. Chilkat tried the same, but (of course) everything worked for us. (The problem turned out to be a user-error, […]
Chilkat 13-April-2022 – OAuth2 authentication for desktop apps.
OAuth2 authentication for desktop apps. Many developers don’t realize that the Chilkat OAuth2 class is for desktop applications. Doing OAuth2 in a web application (where your code runs on a web server) is relatively easy and does not require Chilkat (although Chilkat can be used to assist with some mundane tasks). Working/live examples are […]
ITIDA 4043:message-digest attribute value does not match calculated value
Question: I get this error when sending ITIDA signed JSON to the authority web server: 4043 4043:message-digest attribute value does not match calculated value[message-digest attribute value does not match calculated value] Answer: This means the JSON you sent to the web server is different than the JSON that was signed. One possibility is that you […]
Chilkat v9.5.0.90 Release Notes
Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-89-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-91-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.90 Release Notes XmlDSigGen: Added the AddObjectRef2 and AddSameDocRef2 methods to allow for a more precise specification of the transforms to be applied when signing. XmlDSigGen: Added the ability to include an EncapsulatedTimeStamp when signing. The SetTsa method was added to provide the URL for the timestamping authority. […]
Chilkat 3-Feb-2022 – ebXML Message Signing and Verification
1. Chilkat fixed XML signature generation and verification for ebXML Messages. These are messages using the following Transform: <Transform Algorithm=”http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116″> <XPath> not(ancestor-or-self::()[@SOAP:actor=”urn:oasis:names:tc:ebxml-msg:actor:nextMSH”] | ancestor-or-self::()[@SOAP:actor=”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next”] ) </XPath> </Transform> 2. Updated Chilkat.Pdf to be able to sign a PDF with an image-only appearance (no text). An example on the example-code.com site will be forthcoming. 3. Working out […]
Chilkat 27-Jan-2022 – ReceiveRate/SendRate Event Callbacks Fixed
1. Older programming languages such as VB6 and FoxPro run as 32-bit applications. Always. Even on 64-bit Windows computers. You should always use the 32-bit ActiveX (not the 64-bit ActiveX). If you use the 64-bit ActiveX, such as with FoxPro, you’ll get the 0x80020010: Invalid Callee error: 2. The Http.ReceiveRate and Http.SendRate event callbacks were […]
Chilkat 19-Jan-2022 Added 3 New Key Exchange Algorithms for SSH
What’s happening in Chilkat support today.. – Added the following key exchange algorithms to Chilkat’s internal SSH transport: diffie-hellman-group16-sha512, diffie-hellman-group18-sha512, diffie-hellman-group14-sha256 This makes Chilkat compatible with servers that might limit kex algorithms to only these (which is very rare). No changes to the application are needed. The new algorithms apply to any SSH connection, including […]
Chilkat 14-Jan-2022 – Adding Support for Ed25519 in CSR
What’s going on in Chilkat support today… 1. Adding support for Ed25519 keys for CSR generation. Chilkat 11-Jan-2022 Chilkat 19-Jan-2022 Added 3 New Key Exchange Algorithms for SSH
Chilkat 13-Jan-2022
What’s happening in Chilkat support today.. 1. The Chilkat.Rest AllowHeaderQB property didn’t prevent Q/B encoding of 8-bit MIME headers (i.e. header fields containing non-us-ascii chars). Technically, it should be OK to “Q” or “B” encode HTTP request headers as per MIME specifications, but some servers don’t recognize the encoding. This was fixed. 2. Fixed the […]