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Error: “No Content-Length header AND not a chunked response. Assuming no...

The following error was received from a call to Rest.FullRequestSb: ChilkatLog: FullRequestSb: DllDate: Mar 23 2022 ChilkatVersion: 9.5.0.90 Architecture: Little Endian; 64-bit VerboseLogging: 0...

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Convert java.security.PrivateKey to Chilkat PrivateKey,...

Question: We are facing some problems about private key and x509 cert. In our case, we already have instance of java.security.PrivateKey and java.security.cert.Certificate How can we convert these...

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Auto-Reconnect Feature of Chilkat.Rest Explained

This post is to explain the auto-reconnect argument in the Chilkat.Rest.Connect method.  For example, the Rest.Connect method in C#. The Chilkat REST class is designed so that your application...

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smtp.office365.com – Failed to get initial SMTP Response

If something on the client-side is blocking communications, such as a hardware or software firewall, or anti-virus, then it may be that a TLS connection is established, but then trying to read the 1st...

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Chilkat for Amazon Marketplace SP-API

Chilkat already “supports” the Amazon Marketplace SP-API because it’s just a matter of implementing the API calls using the existing Chilkat general-purpose HTTP/REST functionality. Given that Chilkat...

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Shopify Walkthrough to get Admin API Key and Password

To get the admin_api_key and admin_api_password used in this example: https://www.example-code.com/csharp/shopify_basic_authentication.asp Login to shopify.com Click on Apps Click On the “Develop apps...

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AWS Presigned URLs for Services Other than S3?

There is a big unsolved mystery:  Is it possible to create pre-signed URLs for AWS services other than S3?    For example, is it possible to create a pre-signed URL that allows the user to send an SES...

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SQL sp_OAMethod String Length Return Value Limitations

The sp_OAMethod function is used to call ActiveX methods in SQL stored procedures.  If the ActiveX method returns a string, there is a limit imposed by sp_OAMethod on the size of the string that can be...

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AutoFix POP3 and SMTP Port / TLS Settings

What is the MailMan.AutoFix property? Protocols such as POP3, SMTP, FTP, IMAP, etc. that sit atop SSL/TLS in the protocol stack, can establish TLS connections in one of two ways:  explicit or implicit....

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Failed to read beginning of SSL/TLS record – can be caused by External Firewall

The following error was recently reported: ... Connecting to POP3 server hostname: outlook.office365.com port: 995 tls: True connectTimeoutMs: 30000 isInSshTunnel: 0 socket2Connect: connect2:...

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How to Know a PDF is Corrupt

Open a PDF in Adobe Acrobat DC.  Then without doing anything else, close the PDF. Does Acrobat ask to save changes even though you made no changes? If so, then it means that Acrobat auto-fixed a...

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XML Signature Id attribute

In Chilkat v9.5.0.90, the Id attribute is automatically generated and added to the “Signature” tag when an XML digital signature is created.  This results in a Signature that begins like this:...

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Classic ASP to Read JSON Request Body and Write JSON Response

Here’s a Classic ASP example using Chilkat to read an incoming JSON request body (such as from a POST), load it into a Chilkat JsonObject, and then write the JSON to an application/json response: <%...

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New Security Measures taken by Google concerning “Loopback IP Adresses” or...

Question:  I would like to know if Chilkat is affected by the new security measures taken by Google concerning “Loopback IP Adresses” or “OAuth out-of-band (oob)”...

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Error: This operation is not supported with BTT enabled

I haven’t seen this error before.  A Chilkat user reported it, and then quickly found the answer: When trying to Create the Chilkat_9_5_0.http object with this example:...

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Error: OLE error code 0x80020006 Unknown name

If your code using the ActiveX generates the error “Error: OLE error code 0x80020006  Unknown name”, it means no method or property with the given name exists.  Check the Chilkat online reference...

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SSH/SFTP Public Key Authentication Fails w/ DSA Key and OpenSSH Server

If SSH public key authentication fails when using a DSA private key, it may be that the SSH server disallows using DSA private keys. If the contents of the Chilkat LastErrorText for methods...

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Deprecation of Basic authentication in Exchange Online

Microsoft is deprecating Basic authentication in Exchange Online, as announced here:...

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Support for Cryptographic card cryptoCertum 3.5

Chilkat recently added support for the cryptoCertum 3.5 smartcard (and also for cryptoCertum3, and cryptoCertum3.2). At the time of this writing (13-July-2022), the support is available in a...

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Chilkat v9.5.0.91 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-90-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.91 Release Notes Smart Card: Improved automatic recognition and handling for various smart cards. Chilkat.Charset:...

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