Receive Bytes into a BinData

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveBd, which receives one delivery of binary data and appends it to a BinData. It returns whatever is immediately available.

Background. The BinData receive methods accumulate raw bytes in a BinData object. A single receive returns only what is currently available, whereas the counted receive waits for an exact number of bytes.

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bool success = false;

Chilkat.Socket socket = new Chilkat.Socket();

//  Connect to the server using TLS.
bool bTls = true;
int maxWaitMs = 5000;
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Receive one delivery of binary data and append it to a BinData.  ReceiveBd returns whatever is
//  immediately available; it does not loop to drain everything that may follow.
Chilkat.BinData bd = new Chilkat.BinData();
success = socket.ReceiveBd(bd);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Received " + Convert.ToString(bd.NumBytes) + " bytes.");