Receive Text from a Socket into a StringBuilder

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveSb, which receives text, decodes it using StringCharset, and appends it to a StringBuilder.

#include <C_CkSocket.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSocket socket;
    BOOL bTls;
    int maxWaitMs;
    const char *command;
    HCkStringBuilder sb;
    const char *responseText;

    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");
    //  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
    //  CRLF.
    command = "STATUS\r\n";
    success = CkSocket_SendString(socket,command);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSocket_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
        return;
    }

    //  Receive text and append it to a StringBuilder, decoding using StringCharset.
    sb = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkSocket_ReceiveSb(socket,sb);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSocket_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
        return;
    }

    responseText = CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sb);
    if (CkStringBuilder_getLastMethodSuccess(sb) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_lastErrorText(sb));
        CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
        return;
    }

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


    CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);

    }