Receive Bytes as Encoded Text from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveBytesENC, which receives one delivery of binary data and returns it encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. The ENC methods move raw binary data to and from printable text using a named encoding such as base64 or hex, which is convenient for logging or for handling binary data as strings.

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#include <C_CkSocket.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSocket socket;
    BOOL bTls;
    int maxWaitMs;
    const char *encoded;

    success = FALSE;

    socket = CkSocket_Create();

    //  Connect to the server using TLS.
    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;
    }

    //  Receive one delivery of binary data and return it encoded as text using the named encoding.  This
    //  is convenient for logging or transporting binary data as printable text.
    encoded = CkSocket_receiveBytesENC(socket,"base64");
    if (CkSocket_getLastMethodSuccess(socket) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSocket_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
        return;
    }

    printf("%s\n",encoded);


    CkSocket_Dispose(socket);

    }