✨ New Features Js A new Chilkat class has been added: Js is a minimal, standards-compliant JavaScript engine designed to embed JavaScript inside applications with very small footprint and fast startup. It executes JavaScript code inside an application without requiring a browser or large runtime. See About the Chilkat.Js JavaScript Engine Ai Provider — […]
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. […]
To prevent the password dialog from being shown when you use a private key in the Apple Keychain, you need to adjust the key’s access control settings. Specifically, you can configure the key to allow applications to access it without prompting the user. Here’s how to achieve this: Steps to Prevent Password Dialogs 1. Open […]
Question: Calling CkXmlDSigGen.SetX509Cert causes Windows to show a dialog box requesting validation. Is it possible to avoid the dialog box? Answer: Yes. The reason for displaying the dialog box is because the cert + private key was imported with the option to enable strong private key protection. Here’s a screenshot of the Window Certificate Import […]
Question: I’m having trouble finding a good/complete VB.Net Chilkat example of how to generate an RSA key container with a key pair (private and public) and save that key container to a file. Answer: I think I can clarify. With 2 points: 1) In actuality, an RSA private key also contains the public-part of the […]
ASP: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) SQL Server: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) C#: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) C++: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) MFC: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) C: Convert PuTTY Private Key (ppk) to OpenSSH (pem) […]
This article provides a step-by-step procedure for installing a certificate w/ private key (from a .PFX) so that it will be usable from ASP, ASP.NET, a Windows Service, or the SYSTEM account: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_309.asp
If your application is using a pre-installed certificate for creating a digital signature, or for decrypting, then it needs access to the private key. (By pre-installed, we mean a certificate that has been imported from a PFX (or via the browser) into a Windows registry-based certificate store.) If you chose to enable strong private key […]
