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Solved: Perl undefined symbol: PL_stack_base at … DynaLoader.pm

Solution for Perl undefined symbol: PL_stack_base This problem was reported when trying to use Chilkat for the first time on a RHEL8 machine using chilkat-9.5.0-perl-5.26-x86_64-linux. Here’s the...

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Solved: Python ImportError: libc.musl-armhf.so.1: cannot open shared object file

Problem Report I tested the Chilkat API (for Python) on my Windows PC (everything works fine). Now I want to use Chilkat for Python on my Raspberry Pi 3 B+, OS Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye). arch...

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Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Mitigates Vulnerability to the SSH Terrapin Attack

Chilkat v9.5.0.97 makes changes to mitigate the Terrapin attack problem. It does so by modifying the selection of the default algorithms in the following ways: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com is no...

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Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-96-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Release Notes SSH/SFTP/SshTunnel: Mitigated vulnerability to the Terrapin attack. See Chilkat v9.5.0.97...

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Protected: Using a Chilkat .NET Core Support Fix on Feedz.io

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GMail Mailboxes vs Labels

GMail technically doesn’t use mailboxes or folders. Instead it uses “labels”. Labels appear as folders (i.e. mailboxes) in email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird, or as mailboxes in the IMAP...

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Solving the CommonJS (Common JavaScript) and ECMAScript Modules (ESM) Problem

The following is a solution graciously provided by a Chilkat user trying to convert a node16 application using Common JS (require) to node20 using ESM (import). CommonJS (Common JavaScript) and...

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Capturing HTTP Cookies in a POST Response and Sending in Subsequent HTTP POST’s

Question: A particular REST/Web API returns a cookie. I need to capture this cookie and use it when sending subsequent POSTs. For example, this is the CURL statement to login and save the response...

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Chilkat v9.5.0.98 Release Notes

Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-97-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.98 Release Notes General: Removed all internal usage of the R250 random number generation algorithm and replaced...

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How to Troubleshoot Office365 IMAP AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH2 Failed

Question: We have an issue reading mail and we see the below error message in log Login: DllDate: Oct 27 2023 ChilkatVersion: 9.5.0.96 UnlockPrefix: *** UnlockStatus: 2 Architecture: Little Endian;...

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Office365 SMTP AUTH XOAUTH2 Fails with “535 5.7.3 Authentication unsuccessful”

If you successfully minted an OAuth2 access token for your Azure Entra Id App, but then it fails when attempting to use it in the SMTP protocol for sending email with the error: AUTH XOAUTH2 user=xxx...

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Malaysia EInvoice

Questions: We are struggling to fulfill the EInvoice implementation mandate from Malaysian government, which is on 1st August 2024 (3 months from now). We wish to implement a direct integration from...

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Chilkat Updated to Support AKiS Smart Cards

AKiS is a smart card operating system which can be used in personal identification, digital sign, health care system, smart logon, secure email, etc. It is developed within The National Research...

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SSH authentication using X.509 certificates

Question: I am unable to determine from the documentation if the Chilkat library supports SSH authentication using X.509 certificates.   In our application, we need to establish secure SSH connections...

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Smart Card Vendors: Please document ATR’s and Driver DLLs

Chilkat auto-recognizes HSM’s (smart cards and USB tokens) by the ATR. A Smart Card Answer to Reset (ATR) is a special sequence of bytes sent by a smart card when it is powered on or reset. It serves...

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How to Upload a .zip to Firebase Storage

Many developers would like to interact with Firebase from programming languages or operating systems that are not directly supported by Google. For example, looking at the documentation here:...

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Office365 – 451 4.7.0 Temporary server error. Please try again later. PRX5

A Chilkat user is getting this error response from smtp.office365.com. He successfully got his OAuth2 access token, but then when trying to send the email, the Office365 server responded with this...

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XmlDSig Error: Did not find same-document Reference Id

If signing XML fails with the following message in the LastErrorText: ... Doing first SAX parse... checkAllReferencesFound: passNumber: 1 reference: Did not find same-document Reference Id referenceId:...

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Adobe Acrobat DC — Fixing up Form Fields?

A Chilkat customer signed a PDF using the Chilkat API. There were no errors, and the output PDF seemed to be signed. Using the Chilkat API to verify the signed PDF was also successful. Chilkat could...

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What Replaced Old Chilkat Async Methods?

In the distant past, there were some Chilkat classes that had a few ad-hoc Async methods and properties.  For example, the Ftp2 class contained the methods AsyncPutFileStart, AsyncGetFileStart,...

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