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This post shows how to register an Azure Application that supports OAuth2 Client Credentials. 1. Register an Application You’ll most likely choose a single-tenant application. (See explanation of Azure single-tenant vs multi-tenant applications.) You can leave the Redirect URI blank. 2. Note your Application (client) ID and Directory (tenant) ID Make note of your client ID and tenant ID. It […]
The distinction between single-tenant and multi-tenant Azure applications lies in how these applications handle user access and authentication across different Azure AD tenants (directories). Single-Tenant Azure Application: A single-tenant application is designed to serve users from a single Azure AD tenant (directory). It is registered in and can authenticate users only from that specific Azure AD tenant. It is used […]
OAuth2 Client Credentials can be used for authentication when you own the application, and you also own the account (such as Office 365, or Google, etc.) that your application will access. In other words, YOUR application is simply accessing resources in YOUR account, and YOU are the application user (or your application is running as a service or background process). […]
Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-95-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-97-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.96 Release Notes DNS: Created a new Dns class for managing DNS nameservers to be used by Chilkat, and for doing DNS queries. It is a singleton class that allows an application to select the DNS nameservers used throughout Chilkat. The term “singleton” means that all Chilkat DNS object instances work with a […]
Demonstrate the simplest possible Electron program using Chilkat on Windows. (using Electron 25, which requires Node.js 18.17) 1. Open a GitBash shell to get a command prompt. 2. Make sure you have node 18.17 $ node -v v18.17.0 3. Create a new directory for a new application. $ cd /c/temp $ mkdir helloWorld $ cd helloWorld 4. npm init $ […]
A Chilkat customer is getting this error when trying to validate the signed invoice on the ZATCA XML online validator (Sandbox) category : XSD_SCHEMA_ERROR code :SAXParseException message : Schema validation failed; XML does not comply with UBL 2.1 standards in line with ZATCA specifications The solution is to examine the XML using the UBL 2.1 validation tool at https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/interoperability-test-bed-repository/solution/ubl-21-e-invoice-validation-service/about and […]
Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-94-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-96-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.95 Release Notes PDF: Greatly improved the appearance of non-English text in visible PDF signatures. SFTP: The HostKeyFingerprint property will now correctly return the ssh-ed25519 fingerprint, such as “ssh-ed25519 256 da:7b:ce:4f:d7:56:5e:11:a1:a0:fc:74:dd:4d:50:da”, for cases when an Ed25519 host key is used in the connection. Mime: Mime bodies having the content types application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document did not […]
In the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) protocol, the “FROM” header field and the “MAIL FROM” command in the SMTP session serve different purposes and play distinct roles in the process of sending an email message: FROM Header Field: The “FROM” header field is part of the email message itself and is used to indicate the sender of the email. […]
The Chilkat.OAuth2 class is designed for desktop applications, not server-side web applications. To explain further: The call to OAuth2.StartAuth does 2 things: Returns a URL you’ll open in a browser to interactively get authorization from the service’s account owner. Starts a background thread to act as a web server for the redirect request that will be forwarded from the local […]
See the “Quick Start” instructions here: https://www.chilkatsoft.com/delphiDll.asp The Chilkat distribution contains Delphi .pas source files, one for each Chilkat class. For each Chilkat class used, add the corresponding .pas file to your project. You’ll always need to add “Global.pas” because your app must always call UnlockBundle at the start. Also add “Global” to the “uses” section. See here: