Receive Bytes as Encoded Text from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveBytesENC, which receives one delivery of binary data and returns it encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. The ENC methods move raw binary data to and from printable text using a named encoding such as base64 or hex, which is convenient for logging or for handling binary data as strings.

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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 return it encoded as text using the named encoding.  This
//  is convenient for logging or transporting binary data as printable text.
string encoded = socket.ReceiveBytesENC("base64");
if (socket.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(encoded);