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 — […]
Progress Monitoring HTTP Requests in Installed Apps
This is a note about the pitfalls of progress monitoring HTTP requests sent from an installed app (i.e. not web app running in a browser). Ideally, we’d like to know how long an HTTP POST is going to take, and update the percent-completed visually so that when it reaches 100% the operation is neatly finished […]
Monitoring Progress of a Web Request
I like this article for the purpose of conceptually understanding the architecture for monitoring the progress of an HTTP web request in a Browser: https://buildwithdjango.com/blog/post/celery-progress-bars/ Regardless of technology, programming language, etc., it boils down to this: The initial HTTP request kicks off the work/job. Some infrastructure on the server-side starts the work in a background […]
Online XML Digital Signature Validators
Chilkat’s Online XML Signature Validator: http://tools.chilkat.io/xmlDsigVerify.cshtml gob.es FacturaE online validator: http://sedeaplicaciones2.minetur.gob.es/FacturaE/ ETSI Signature Conformance Checker (requires credentials) http://signatures-conformance-checker.etsi.org Validate UBL: https://www.moj-eracun.hr/exchange/validateubl UBL 2.1 e-Invoice Validation: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/solution/ubl-21-e-invoice-validation-service/about FatturaPA (fatturapa.gov.it) http://sdi.fatturapa.gov.it/SdI2FatturaPAWeb/AccediAlServizioAction.do?pagina=controlla_fattura ADSS Signing Server: https://account.ascertia.com/demos/xmlsignatureverificationstep1 apis.gometa.org hacienda (Costa Rica) XML Validator: https://apis.gometa.org/validar/ RTR Signatur-Prüfung https://www.signatur.rtr.at/de/vd/Pruefung.html ICP-Brasil https://verificador.iti.gov.br/verifier-2.6.2/ Weryfikacja Podpisu Elektronicznego https://weryfikacjapodpisu.pl/index.html XmlValidation.com: https://www.xmlvalidation.com/ I don’t trust this validator. Change the signed XML document […]
XAdES-BES for www.csioz.gov.pl
Chilkat has resolved problems relating to the creation of XAdES-BES XML signatures for documents sent to www.csioz.gov.pl. These fixes will be available starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.76. At the time of this post (31-Oct-2018) 9.5.0.76 is not yet released. Contact support@chilkatsoft.com for a pre-release if desired. Chilkat has worked with a customer to successfully sign […]
Never Handle non-Text Binary Data as a String
The bytes of a binary file, such as a JPG, PDF, etc. should never be treated as a string. Loading a binary file into a string, and then saving back to a binary file will surely result in a different file that is corrupted. This rule should be followed for all programming languages. Don’t […]
Node.js Asynchronous Methods that Return Objects
This post shows the general technique to get the object returned by a method when it is called asynchronously. For example, consider the Mailman.GetUidls() method. A synchronous call to GetUidls returns a StringArray object, as shown here: However, the async version of the method, GetUidlsAsync, returns a Task object. The TaskCompleted callback is called […]
Binary vs Text Transfers (SFTP / FTP)
This post clarifies the topic of binary vs. ascii uploads/downloads for SFTP (Secure File Transfer over SSH) and FTP. Binary mode transmits bytes exactly as-is. Text mode (also known as “ascii” mode) can modify line endings (CR’s and LF’s) to the canonical convention used on the remote system. For example, Linux systems typically use […]
Use Chilkat for the *** REST API?
Question: Have you ever worked with Avalara Tax Software? I need to write an interface between our application and Avalara. Do you know if I could use the Chilkat REST API to write the interface? Answer: Yes, you can use Chilkat REST to call any REST API. A good way to go about it […]
Amazon S3 Problem Resolution Hints
This post describes two problems and solutions for Amazon S3 that were recently encountered: (1) A Chilkat user found that the 1st HTTP request had a delay of 5 seconds, and then subsequent requests had no delay. Here’s what was found (reproduced with permission from the Chilkat user): I thought you might be interested to […]
MS CNG NCryptSignHash returns 0x80090020
We’ve seen this error when trying to sign using a smart card: msCngSignWithCert Acquired CNG private key. dwKeySpec: 0xffffffff key is CERT_NCRYPT_KEY_SPEC setSmartCardPin: setting smart card pin… –setSmartCardPin Using PKCS1 padding. msCngSign.NCryptSignHash failed. failed to sign. secStatus: 0x80090020 –msCngSignWithCert The 0x80090020 error is a generic “NTE_FAILED: An internal error occurred”. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/com/com-error-codes-4 To clarify: Chilkat […]