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FileAccess: Changed “int” arguments to “unsigned int”. bool FileOpen(String *filename, unsigned int accessMode, unsigned int shareMode, unsigned int createDisp, unsigned int attr); RSA: If the result of a signature was a binary value such that the leading byte(s) were 0, then these NULL bytes were not included in the encoded output (such as for Base64, Hex, etc.). This was fixed. […]
The Chilkat Java library is now available for MAC OS X. For the download link and more information, see http://www.chilkatsoft.com/installJavaMacOSX.asp Chilkat will soon release MAC OS X compatible builds for Perl, Python, and Ruby. Following that, builds for the IOS (IPhone) will be released, along with Objective-C/C++ native libraries for both MAC OS X and IPhone.
The Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX provides the following event callbacks: ‘ IMPORTANT: For all callbacks, arguments named “skip” or “abort” are output-only arguments. ‘ These arguments may be set to 1 within the callback to either skip a ‘ particular file upload/download, or abort the entire operation. Dim WithEvents ftp As ChilkatFtp2 ‘ Called just before a file is to be […]
The Chilkat C/C++ libraries are now available for MAC OS X. For the download link and more information, see http://www.chilkatsoft.com/installMacOSX.asp Chilkat will soon release MAC OS X compatible builds for Java, Perl, Python, and Ruby. Following that, builds for the IOS (IPhone) will be released, along with Objective-C/C++ native libraries for both MAC OS X and IPhone.
Question: I need an easy way to verify that a zip downloaded, i.e test it, preferably without actually unzipping it to a directory. I couldn’t find any method like that – the files are small enough in the zip I could probably unzip them into memory. Is that pretty much the only way to do it short of actually unzipping […]
Socket: Added the ReceivedCount property. It always increases to reflect the number of bytes received via any method. It may be reset to 0 by the application at any point. HTTP: Changed ClearEventLog method name to ClearBgEventLog MailMan: Changed default values of MailMan.EmbedCertChain and MailMan.IncludeRootCert to True (or 1 for ActiveX). Spider: Changed CkSpider::GetDomain(url) to CkSpider::GetUrlDomain(url) to avoid conflict with […]
Question: I am doing a project that requires a web site to list files from an SFTP server and allow the visitor to download them. Following the examples on your site, it was very easy to list the files. However, you have no example of downloading a file to the user, only to the local filesystem. Do you have any […]
Question: I really like your component but there’s one problem with Crypt2. Is there anyway to verify if the file is encrypted before decrypt? I’m asking this question is because if I try to decrypt an unencrypted file, that file will be corrupted. Answer: The output of any Chilkat Crypt2 method that does symmetric encryption (AES, Blowfish, Triple-DES, etc.) is […]
A few issues relating to self-extracting EXE’s are explained here: The Purpose of a Self-Extracting EXE The purpose of a self-extracting EXE is to provide something that will extract/unpackage files such that no other software is required to be installed on the computer where it is run. Common archive file formats, such as .zip, .tar, etc., all require some sort […]
Question: I try to install the Chilkat Perl library into my Linux but I get this error: “/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/libchilkat.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Gthr_key_ptr” Answer: The Chilkat library is supports multi-threading, so when building Perl one must use the “Multi-Threading” option.