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The v9.5.0.65 release notes are available here: Chilkat v9.5.0.65 Release Notes v9.5.0.66 Release Notes: Added the Jwe and Jws classes for JSON Web Encryption and JSON Web Signatures. The CkDateTime.SetFromOleDate method was not working correctly. It has been fixed, and the fix will appear in the next version to be released after v9.5.0.65. The CkDateTime.GetAsIso8601 interpreted the “bLocal” argument as […]
Most ActiveX objects, including Chilkat, provide what is called a “dual interface”. A dual interface allows for programs to bind at compile-time (early binding) or at runtime (late binding). The type of binding is determined by how the object is created. For example, compile-time binding in VB6 looks like this: Dim cert As New ChilkatCert Runtime binding looks like this: […]
This is the second of a series of two posts to demonstrate implementing OAuth2 Authorization for Facebook in Classic ASP. (Also see: Facebook OAuth2 for Classic ASP – Step 1) This ASP is called when Facebook returns a redirect after the FB account owner either grants or denies access. Here is the ASP source for Step 2:
This is a series of two posts to demonstrate implementing OAuth2 Authorization for Facebook in Classic ASP. (Also see: Facebook OAuth2 for Classic ASP – Step 2) The 1st step is to redirect to the Facebook Login Dialog where the Facebook account owner can grant access to the application. Facebook will then return a response that redirects to your ASP […]
SshTunnel – Significantly improved the background tunnel management threads. JsonArray.TypeAt – Discovered that this method erroneously always returns the value 4. This is fixed. JsonObject – Added new methods: UpdateNumber, UpdateNull Bug Fix: .NET Async Methods that pass in Byte Arrays There was a memory leak specific to async .NET methods that pass in byte arrays. See Byte Array Memory […]
When running a VBScript, on a 64-bit Windows system it is possible to run either as a 32-bit process, or a 64-bit process. If running 32-bit, then you need the 32-bit ActiveX. If running 64-bit, then you need the 64-bit ActiveX. To run a 32-bit VBScript on a 64-bit system, you do this: REM This is the 32-bit cscript. C:\windows\sysWOW64\cscript […]
Starting now, Chilkat is going to log the changes, fixes, and new features for the next release as the work is completed. Pre-release builds can be requested for most programming languages and operating systems. Many builds are quick and easy to provide: .NET, ActiveX, C++, Java, Perl, Python, PHP, and others. Some however, are time-consuming and a request for one […]
The GitHub C# Project to Check ActiveX Registration and Which VC++ Redistributables are Installed has been updated. Note: It should contain a pre-compiled executable located in bin\x86\Release (for non .NET programmers).
Version 9.5.0.63 is a new version that almost immediately follows v9.5.0.62. It will only be released for a few programming languages (ActiveX, .NET, Delphi, and Excel). Chilkat will provide this release in other programming languages / operating system upon request. The reason for releasing is that Chilkat wishes to create Quickbooks REST API examples, and it was discovered that the […]