Receive Text up to a Match into a StringBuilder

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveUntilMatchSb, which receives bytes until an exact byte sequence is found and appends the received text to a StringBuilder.

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"
'  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
'  CRLF.
Dim command As String = "STATUS" & Chr(13) & Chr(10)
success = socket.SendString(command)
If success = False Then
    Log(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Receive bytes until an exact byte sequence is found, appending the received text to a
'  StringBuilder.  The match may span multiple underlying network reads.
Dim sb As ChilkatStringBuilder
sb.Initialize
success = socket.ReceiveUntilMatchSb("<EOM>", sb)
If success = False Then
    Log(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim response As String = sb.GetAsString
If sb.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(sb.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log(response)