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July 6, 2012

Understanding URL Syntax (and Arguments to Http.SynchronousRequest)

URL’s have this general format: <scheme>://<domain>:<port>/<path>?<query_string>#<fragment_id> The URL parts are summarized below.  Comments about how each part relates to the SynchronousRequest method are included.  The SynchronousRequest method has the following signature (C# syntax) HttpResponse SynchronousRequest(string domain, int port, bool ssl, HttpRequest req); The URL parts: scheme:  This can be “http” or “https”.   If “https”, then SSL/TLS is used and the […]

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July 4, 2012

“SKIP” keyword in FoxPro examples.

A helpful note from a Chilkat customer: I wanted to update you on the problem for future reference. SKIP is a reserved word in Visual Foxpro, I should have caught it, but didn’t until 2 days of screwing with it.  I knew it had to be something simple, because everything of yours worked perfect, fast, without a hitch except when […]

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June 13, 2012

The Basic Concept of LastErrorText

There are a few important things about the LastErrorText: 1) Each Chilkat method call (or property access) clears the LastErrorText and writes new information about what transpired during the method call.  This information is available regardless of the success/failure of the method call.  Most Chilkat objects include a VerboseLogging property that controls whether more or less information is recorded.  Only […]

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June 7, 2012

PHP AES/Rijndael Encryption Confusion

AES is not exactly synonymous with “Rijndael”. AES is a (restricted) variant of Rijndael. AES has a fixed block size of 128 bits and a key size of 128, 192, or 256 bits, whereas Rijndael is specified with block and key sizes in any multiple of 32 bits, both with a minimum of 128 and a maximum of 256 bits. […]

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June 4, 2012

Number of Messages in a POP3 Inbox

There is often confusion about the number of messages in a POP3 inbox (for a given user account). Here are the typical scenarios that cause confusion: If your email client such as Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird seem to show more messages than what Chilkat can see, then make sure you realize which messages are stored locally by Outlook, and which […]

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May 9, 2012

Android Socket Permission Denied Error

If the LastErrorText contains a line such as this: socketError: Permission denied It means you need to add permissions for Internet communications in your manifest. It should be placed outside of the application tag, such as: <manifest> <application> . . . </application> <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INTERNET” /> </manifest>

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April 18, 2012

Chilkat v9.3.1 Release Notes

Chilkat v9.3.1 is in the process of being released this week. The release notes (below) detail the changes, fixes, new features, etc. regarding the new version. All Added a free supporting CkDateTime object for date/time functionality. The use of SYSTEMTIME will become deprecated in favor of methods that instead return a CkDateTime object. More information about this will be added […]

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