All,
I have a project in the prelim stages which will require automating a process to pull various files from API's using SOAP and then storing the results via ODBC to a SQL database. I'm looking at purchasing the Chilkat toolkit to help me with some of the XML and web connectivity that will be required. I know Tracy Pearson has posted positive comments about Chilkat and I reviewed prior messages posted here on the ProFox list and I'm feeling fairly confident it will provide what I need.
However, I'd like some folks to provide their thoughts about the ease of implementation, distribution and maintenance of the library at the client level. I saw a couple of comments about unlock codes not working, etc and I just thought some additional information about the practical aspects of using Chilkat would be helpful.
Thanks in advance!
Paul H. Tarver
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Hi Paul,
I ship a vertical market app and have over 6000 sites running our latest product version.
Since I use several other COM and ActiveX third party tools I register the product.
I do not use this method myself, though I have thought about it. Here's a link that Chilkat shared with me about side-by-side registry free COM with Chilkat http://cknotes.com/regfree-com-using-ocx-files-with-sxs-technology-in-vb6/
I ran in to the unlock code not working because we didn't keep our subscription active. That was something that got dropped in to a crack and forgotten. It happened when one of our customers installed an application that installed a newer version of the Chilkat control.
If you feel that you don't want to keep the subscription active, you should consider the registry free COM method. If you are building with VFP 9 SP2 you should be able to have the manifest file somewhere that it builds in to the EXE when you build.
Hopefully someone else that also uses the Chilkat control could also chime in.
Have Fun! Tracy
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All,
I have a project in the prelim stages which will require automating a process to pull various files from API's using SOAP and then storing the results via ODBC to a SQL database. I'm looking at purchasing the Chilkat toolkit to help me with some of the XML and web connectivity that will be required. I know Tracy Pearson has posted positive comments about Chilkat and I reviewed prior messages posted here on the ProFox list and I'm feeling fairly confident it will provide what I need.
However, I'd like some folks to provide their thoughts about the ease of implementation, distribution and maintenance of the library at the client level. I saw a couple of comments about unlock codes not working, etc and I just thought some additional information about the practical aspects of using Chilkat would be helpful.
Thanks in advance!
Paul H. Tarver
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Paul,
We use Chilkat for many different services and tasks, including the ones you mentioned. It's simple to add it without installation and without worrying about different versions.
Also, you may try it full featured for 30 days, so it will be easy for you to get a well-formed opinion.
You may refer to https://www.levelextreme.com/Home/ViewPage?Activator=1018&ID=1660482 where I presented in UT/LE a simple test that generates an executable that uses the Chilkat ActiveX component and that can be deployed just by copying the OCX to the target machine.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 4:09 PM Paul H. Tarver paul@tpcqpc.com wrote:
All,
I have a project in the prelim stages which will require automating a process to pull various files from API's using SOAP and then storing the results via ODBC to a SQL database. I'm looking at purchasing the Chilkat toolkit to help me with some of the XML and web connectivity that will be required. I know Tracy Pearson has posted positive comments about Chilkat and I reviewed prior messages posted here on the ProFox list and I'm feeling fairly confident it will provide what I need.
However, I'd like some folks to provide their thoughts about the ease of implementation, distribution and maintenance of the library at the client level. I saw a couple of comments about unlock codes not working, etc and I just thought some additional information about the practical aspects of using Chilkat would be helpful.
Thanks in advance!
Paul H. Tarver
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