Receive a String from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveString, which receives text and decodes it using StringCharset. It returns the first nonempty decoded result rather than draining all available data.

Local $bSuccess = False

$oSocket = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Socket")

;  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.
Local $bTls = True
Local $iMaxWaitMs = 5000
$bSuccess = $oSocket.Connect("example.com",5000,$bTls,$iMaxWaitMs)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSocket.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
$oSocket.StringCharset = "utf-8"
;  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
;  CRLF.
Local $sCommand = "STATUS" & @CRLF
$bSuccess = $oSocket.SendString($sCommand)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSocket.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Receive text and decode it using StringCharset.  ReceiveString returns the first nonempty decoded
;  result; it does not keep reading to drain all available data.
Local $sResponseText = $oSocket.ReceiveString()
If ($oSocket.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSocket.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite($sResponseText & @CRLF)