The main features of this release focus on Chilkat’s Ai class, enabling interactive AI response streaming directly into embedded desktop application browsers. It supports Azure, custom base URLs for OpenAI-compatible providers, and local providers like Ollama. ✨ New Features Ai Real-Time Streaming AI Responses to Embedded Browsers in Desktop Apps — Stream AI responses […]
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 […]
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. […]
The following Chilkat FTP2 error was found by a Chilkat customer to be caused by firewall restrictions. I do not know the specifics of the firewall restrictions that caused the error, but the LastErrorText (with all customer information removed) is reproduced here to help identify this problem in the future. The important point is to […]
Question: I have added HTML email file support (thanks to your excellent examples and library), but I have a question. It appears that it might be easier for the end user to save their things they want to email as a MHT file instead of HTML out of MS-Word. That way they have one file […]
The correct way to pass a string to a COM/ActiveX method is to use “WideString (theString).c_bstr()” because ActiveX controls/components require BSTR’s, and not strings. BSTR’s are wide strings (Unicode) where the length of the string precedes the string in memory. The C++ Builder code to pass a string to an ActiveX function is as follows: […]
Question: “I’ve got the Chilkat C++ libs linked with my project, and am using the HTTP classes successfully. One thing is confusing me, though. I’ve derived a class from CkHttpProgress.h and overridden AbortCheck(…) to provide cancellation support. However, AbortCheck(…) never gets called. At first, I thought perhaps the HTTP retrieval was occurring too quickly, so I set the “HeartbeatMs” […]
A link to a Chilkat blog post within information about ActiveX DLL deployment: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_395.asp
Question: I have now tried to register the component manually, but then I get his message: “The module c:\…\ChilkatDotNet2.dll was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found. Make sure that c:\…\ChilkatDotNet2.dll is a valid DLL or OCX file and try again.” Answer: A .NET assembly is not an ActiveX component. It is not registered […]
Question: I was wondering how it would be possible to make changes to an email on the server. Answer: Once an email is on a server, it cannot be modified. This is not a Chilkat limitation, but it’s the way mail servers work. However, with IMAP you may download an email, make changes, upload the […]
If you’re just starting to program with TCP connected sockets using the Chilkat Socket API, then these concepts should be understood before beginning. 1. Receiving Data from a Connected Socket. The ReceiveBytes and ReceiveString methods will return whatever data has already arrived and is available on the connected socket. It is not guaranteed to return […]
Question: I recently purchased the Chilkat HTTP component and am using it with a Visual FoxPro application. However, each time I run it the form freezes and I get the Not Responding message in the title bar. I have an animated GIF that I am using as a quasi-progress meter but that freezes as well. […]
Question: A quickie question about the FTP2 control. I have some clients with strange FTP servers that return the directory listings in formats that no control seems to be able to handle (although I have not tried yours!). However, it is next to impossible to test, since I do not have access to their server. […]
