Wait for a Socket to Become Readable

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Demonstrates Socket.SelectForReading, which waits for read-ready activity on the socket, or on any contained socket when the object is a socket set. It returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoSocket
    Boolean iBTls
    Integer iMaxWaitMs
    Integer iReady
    String sTemp1

    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.
    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

    //  Wait up to 5 seconds for read-ready activity on the socket (or, for a socket set, on any contained
    //  socket).  Returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.
    Get ComSelectForReading Of hoSocket 5000 To iReady
    If (iReady < 0) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoSocket To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    If (iReady <> 1) Begin
        Showln "No data became available before the timeout."
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln "The socket has data ready to read."


End_Procedure