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October 10, 2018

Test Creating ActiveX Object using VBScript (.vbs)

This article guides you to verify that the Chilkat ActiveX is installed properly and that it’s possible to create an instance of the object. Please first read this tutorial to understand basic concepts:  https://chilkatsoft.com/activex_dll_registration_tutorial.asp Step 1.  Download the 32-bit Chilkat ActiveX from here: https://chilkatsoft.com/downloads_ActiveX.asp *select the Zip Install (manual registration) * DO NOT unzip in C:\Windows or C:\Windows\system32.  Never put […]

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October 9, 2018

Convert CSV to utf-8?

Question: We’ve purchased a few of your products in the past and they work great.  Here’s a question on another one:  I’m creating a .csv file within a vfp program and I need it to be an Utf-8 format.  I’m not finding anywhere how to do that programatically.  Do you have a product that will convert? Answer: For those that […]

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October 9, 2018

Chilkat HTTP Methods that return an HttpResponse Object

Question: I am having a problem identifying read timeouts from sites. I set ConnectTimeout and ReadTimeout properties of the HTTP object. When the site fails to respond within ReadTimeout, the following happens: PText still returns 0 PText returns a response object Reading of StatusCode and StatusText properties of the response object is successful Reading of BodyStr property of the response […]

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September 17, 2018

PayPal REST API OAuth2 Authentication

There’s a lot of confusion about exactly what login/password (or clientID/clientSecret) is to be used for obtaining an OAuth2 access token for PayPal REST API calls. PayPal uses simple HTTP Basic authentication (protected by a TLS connection) to obtain an access token.   Using the Chilkat Rest library, your application would provide the credentials in this way (in pseudo-code) rest.SetAuthBasic(“CLIENT_ID”, […]

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August 29, 2018

Calling a REST POST API and Parsing JSON/XML Response

This blog post describes a general procedure for writing code that calls an HTTP/HTTPS POST REST API and parses the JSON or XML response. Step 1: Form the CURL Command A POST request in the form of a CURL command will look like this: curl -X POST https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/organisations/vat/123456789/returns \ -H “Accept: application/vnd.hmrc.1.0+json” \ -H “Content-Type: application/json” \ -H “Authorization: Bearer […]

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August 29, 2018

Calling a REST GET API and Parsing JSON/XML Response

This blog post describes a general procedure for writing code that calls an HTTP/HTTPS GET REST API and parses the JSON or XML response. Step 1: Form the CURL Command A GET request in the form of a CURL command will look like this: curl -X GET https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/organisations/vat/123456789/obligations \ -H “Accept: application/vnd.hmrc.1.0+json”  \ -H “Authorization: Bearer hmrc_app_server_token” Some notes: Header […]

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August 27, 2018

Chilkat v9.5.0.75 Release Notes (Aug 2018)

The v9.5.0.74 release notes are available here: Chilkat v9.5.0.74 Release Notes v9.5.0.75 Release Notes: Important:  This release accidentally breaks Amazon MWS (not AWS) authentication.  If using MWS, send email to support@chilkatsoft.com for a hotfix, or revert back to v9.5.0.73. Smartcard/USB Tokens Support for Smartcard and USB tokens is much improved. Note: At this point, smartcards and USB tokens are supported […]

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