Send a 4-byte Length Prefix over a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.SendCount, which sends a four-byte length prefix in network byte order. This is typically used to tell the peer how many bytes follow.

var
success: Integer;
socket: TChilkatSocket;
bTls: Integer;
maxWaitMs: Integer;
messageLength: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

socket := TChilkatSocket.Create(Self);

//  Connect to the server using TLS.
bTls := 1;
maxWaitMs := 5000;
success := socket.Connect('example.com',5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(socket.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Send a four-byte length prefix in network byte order.  A common framing pattern is to send the
//  number of bytes in a message before the message itself, so the peer knows exactly how many bytes
//  to read.
messageLength := 512;
success := socket.SendCount(messageLength);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(socket.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Length prefix sent.');