Chilkat v11.2.0 Release Notes

Pinned November 3, 2025

Previous Version: Chilkat v11.1.0 Release Notes The main addition in v11.2.0 is the Chilkat.Ai class, and the Chilkat.StringBuilder.MarkdownToHtml method. Ai: The Chilkat AI class provides a unified API for interacting with different AI providers: OpenAI, Google, Claude, xAI, Perplexity, and DeepSeek. It provides functionality for conversation management, multimodal inputs, and streaming mode. Markdown to HTML […]

Semantic Versioning Starting with Chilkat 10.0.0

Pinned September 26, 2024

Starting with the v10.0.0 release (end of September 2024), Chilkat moves to standard semantic versioning.   Prior to this release, for various technical reasons, Chilkat was stuck with versions 9.5.0.xx, where only xx changed. For this first leap to semantic versioning, where the major version changes to 10 (from 9), there are no backward incompatible changes.  […]

__dyld__dyld_start error when launching your iOS app

December 27, 2011 in Uncategorized

A note from a Chilkat customer using the IOS 4.3/5.0 libraries: …when running in the simulator, it ended up in gdb with a “__dlyd__dlyd_start message. I looked around on Google and found this: http://blog.ginzburgconsulting.com/__dyld__dyld_start-error-when-launching-your-ios-app/ So I added the -weak-lSystem flag in Xcode (Targets -> Your target -> Build Setting tab) and it’s running now.

Running Chilkat .NET 4.0 on Azure

December 5, 2011 in Uncategorized

See this Microsoft TechNet blog discussion about the solution: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazuredevelopment/thread/8d7a39cc-0e14-49c0-9102-e705c2eec934#498ddad1-d250-418c-9463-2b8958329af3 In summary: Connect with RDP to Azure image and install vcredist_x64.exe. How to configure Azure RDP, you can find here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg443832.aspx Also See: https://cknotes.com/?p=311

Format of AES, Blowfish, Twofish, 3DES, etc. Symmetric Encrypted Data?

November 8, 2011 in Uncategorized

Question: I know it isn’t listed in the documentation, but is there any method to test whether a file has been previously encrypted or not?  I would like to perform decryption on a file, but only if it is already encrypted. Answer: A symmetric encryption algorithm is simply a transformation of bytes such that the […]

Java System.loadLibrary w/ GlassFish application server

October 24, 2011 in Uncategorized

** The following is a helpful note from a Chilkat customer using the Chilkat Java API in a GlassFish environment: FYI I managed to solve the problem. The following is what I did (in case you may want to help others with a similar need in future) to enable the RSA component to run within […]

XCode Linker will automatically choose dylib over static libs

October 24, 2011 in Uncategorized

A note about building (linking) a project in XCode: If a static lib’s corresponding dylib is in a library search path during linking, Xcode will link to the dylib instead of the static lib. The solution is to move the dylib somewhere else. (from a Chilkat customer) “I created chilkat-9.2.1-macosx-10.5/lib/dylib and moved the dylibs into […]

Common IOS undefined symbols error

October 24, 2011 in Uncategorized

Link Error: Undefined symbols for architecture i386: “operator new(unsigned long)”, referenced from: -[CkoMailMan init] in libchilkatIos.a(CkoMailMan.o) “operator delete(void*)”, referenced from: -[CkoMailMan init] in libchilkatIos.a(CkoMailMan.o) Solution: The Chilkat internals are written in C++. Therefore, your Objective-C application will need to link against the C++ runtime libraries. The easiest way to do it is to include an […]

FTP Directory Synchronization and Removing Files

August 26, 2011 in Uncategorized

Chilkat FTP2 provides methods for synchronizing a local directory tree with a remote directory tree — in both directions.  The SyncLocalTree method downloads files from the remote tree to the local tree, and SyncRemoteTree uploads files from the local tree to the remote tree.  Both have a number of different “modes” that determine which files […]

IMAP: Sequence numbers change when deleting (but not UID’s)

August 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

Question: When using IMAP and fetching emails by sequence, does looping through the sequence get affected by deleting in mid-sequence or other changes to the mailbox’s content on the server? Answer: The answer is obtained by examining the IMAP specification (RFC 3501).  Here’s what it says: 2.3.1.2. Message Sequence Number Message Attribute A relative position […]

Chilkat 9.2.1 Release Notes

August 11, 2011 in Uncategorized

(SFTP) Performance improvements for file downloads. (MailMan ) Added the IsSmtpConnected boolean property. (Socket, Java build only) Fixed problem with BindAndListen. (FTP2) Added GetSizeByName64 and GetSize64 methods for C++ and .NET builds. (Email  object) Fixed AspUnpack2 method. (HTTP) Fixed so that HTTP will neither save nor send expired cookies. (HTTP) Fixed so that HTTP will […]

Installing Chilkat SMTPQ on Windows 7 64-bit

June 24, 2011 in Uncategorized

To install the Chilkat SMTPQ Service on Windows 64-bit: Download Chilkat SMTPQ 64-bit and save to any directory. Run the ChilkatSmtpQ_x64.msi. On the “Select Installation Folder” dialog, do not select the default install folder.  Instead, choose a simpler, shorter path such as “C:\smtpq\”.   Also, install for “Everyone”. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to c:\smtpq. Right-click […]