Receive a 4-byte Length Prefix from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveCount, which reads a four-byte length prefix as a signed 32-bit integer. A return value of -1 indicates failure.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var socket = new chilkat.Socket();

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

    //  Read a four-byte length prefix as a signed 32-bit integer (network byte order by default).  A
    //  return value of -1 indicates failure.
    var messageLength = socket.ReceiveCount();
    if (messageLength < 0) {
        console.log(socket.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("The peer will send " + messageLength + " bytes.");

}

chilkatExample();