Receive a 4-byte Length Prefix from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveCount, which reads a four-byte length prefix as a signed 32-bit integer. A return value of -1 indicates failure.

#include <C_CkSocket.h>

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

    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;
    }

    //  Read a four-byte length prefix as a signed 32-bit integer (network byte order by default).  A
    //  return value of -1 indicates failure.
    messageLength = CkSocket_ReceiveCount(socket);
    if (messageLength < 0) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSocket_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
        return;
    }

    printf("The peer will send %d bytes.\n",messageLength);


    CkSocket_Dispose(socket);

    }