Chilkat v11.5.0 Release Notes

Pinned June 2, 2026

  ✨ New Features HttpCurl A new Chilkat class has been added: HttpCurl The Chilkat.HttpCurl class executes curl commands and can automatically resolve dependent values needed by a request. Variables such as {{access_token}}, {{site_id}}, or {{drive_id}} may appear in URLs, headers, query parameters, or request bodies. If a variable is not yet known, HttpCurl builds […]

Chilkat v11.4.0 Release Notes

Pinned April 1, 2026

  ✨ 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 — […]

ASCII or Binary Transfer mode in SFTP (Secure File Transfer over SSH)

February 18, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: How can I set the type of the transfer (ascii or binary) in SFTP ? In FTP for instance, there is a SetTypeAscii method. Answer: SFTP is Secure File Transfer over SSH. It is not the FTP protocol. There is no similarity or relationship between FTP and SFTP. Therefore, concepts such as “transfer mode” […]

SFTP Download Files Matching a Pattern

February 18, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: I am trying your component to check if I can integrate it well in an application I need to transfer and manage files using SFTP over SSH. I’ve examined the samples and there’s one thing I’d like to do and cannot find it. Is it possible to read remote folder content but limited only […]

SFTP RemoveFile – File not found

February 18, 2009 in Uncategorized

Question: When trying to delete a file using SFTP with this line: success = sftp.RemoveFile(“out/” & fileObj.Filename) we get the error listed below: ChilkatLog: RemoveFile: DllDate: Feb 8 2009 UnlockPrefix: Anything for 30-day trial Username: IUSR_ABCD Component: ActiveX SshVersion: SSH-2.0-1.36 sshlib: GlobalScape SftpVersion: 3 hcCurDate: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:23:01 +1100 hcExpire: 4/2009 filename: out/abc123.edi […]

SFTP Permission Denied on OpenFile

November 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

Question: I’m getting error after sftp.OpenFile() call OpenFile: DllDate: Nov 27 2008 UnlockPrefix: Anything for 30-day trial Username: chilkat Component: .NET 2.0 SshVersion: SSH-2.0-5.3.3.56 SSH Tectia Server SftpVersion: 3 hcCurDate: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:53:46 +0200 hcExpire: 1/2009 filename: sftp_test.txt access: writeOnly createDisposition: openOrCreate v3Flags: 0xa Sent FXP_OPEN [SSH] Received IGNORE message StatusCode: 3 ErrorMessage: […]

ASCII Mode in SFTP? (Secure File Transfer over SSH)

November 13, 2008 in Uncategorized

SFTP is not in any way related to FTP. FTP is the “File Transfer Protocol” whereas SFTP is a subsystem of the SSH protocol. SFTP is a protocol for file transfer over SSH. (Not to be confused with “FTPS”, which is the FTP protocol over SSL/TLS.) Most people familiar with FTP know about transfer modes: […]