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.

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim socket As ChilkatSocket
socket.Initialize("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.
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim maxWaitMs As Int = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com", 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs)
If success = False Then
    Log(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
socket.StringCharset = "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 = socket.Close(1000)
If success = False Then
    Log(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log("Connection closed.")