Close a Socket Connection

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Demonstrates Socket.Close, which gracefully terminates and closes the current TCP, TLS, or SSH channel connection. The argument bounds how long to wait for clean shutdown processing.

#include <C_CkSocket.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSocket socket;
    BOOL bTls;
    int maxWaitMs;

    success = FALSE;

    socket = CkSocket_Create();

    //  Connect to the server using TLS.  The 3rd argument enables the TLS handshake after the TCP
    //  connection succeeds; the 4th is the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds.
    bTls = TRUE;
    maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = CkSocket_Connect(socket,"example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSocket_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
        return;
    }

    //  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
    CkSocket_putStringCharset(socket,"utf-8");

    //  Gracefully close the current TCP, TLS, or SSH channel connection.  The argument is the maximum
    //  number of milliseconds to wait for clean shutdown processing (0 waits indefinitely).
    success = CkSocket_Close(socket,1000);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSocket_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
        return;
    }

    printf("Connection closed.\n");


    CkSocket_Dispose(socket);

    }