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Receive Text up to a Matching Sequence

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveUntilMatch, which receives bytes until an exact byte sequence is found. The match string is encoded using StringCharset and compared byte-for-byte.

Background. The comparison is case-sensitive with no Unicode normalization. This is useful for reading a message that ends with an application-defined marker delimiting the end of a response.

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoSocket
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iMaxWaitMs
    String sCommand
    String sResponse
    String sTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatSocket)) To hoSocket
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSocket))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSocket
    End

    //  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.
    Move True To iBTls
    Move 5000 To iMaxWaitMs
    Get ComConnect Of hoSocket "example.com" 5000 iBTls iMaxWaitMs To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSocket To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    //  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
    Set ComStringCharset Of hoSocket To "utf-8"
    //  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
    //  CRLF.
    Move "STATUS" + (character(13)) + (character(10)) To sCommand
    Get ComSendString Of hoSocket sCommand To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSocket To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    //  Receive bytes until an exact byte sequence is found.  The match string is encoded using
    //  StringCharset and compared byte-for-byte.  Here the server marks the end of its response with an
    //  application-defined marker.
    Get ComReceiveUntilMatch Of hoSocket "<EOM>" To sResponse
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoSocket To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSocket To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln sResponse


End_Procedure