Receive Text up to a Delimiter Byte

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveStringUntilByte, which receives bytes until a specific raw byte value is found, then decodes the preceding bytes using StringCharset. The delimiter is excluded from the returned string.

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Socket;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  socket: TSocket;
  bTls: Boolean;
  maxWaitMs: Integer;
  command: string;
  line: string;

begin
  success := False;

  socket := TSocket.Create;

  //  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.
  bTls := True;
  maxWaitMs := 5000;
  success := socket.Connect('example.com',5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(socket.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
  socket.StringCharset := 'utf-8';
  //  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
  //  CRLF.
  command := 'STATUS' + #13#10;
  success := socket.SendString(command);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(socket.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Receive bytes until a specific raw byte value is found, then decode the preceding bytes using
  //  StringCharset.  The delimiter itself is excluded from the returned string.  Here the delimiter is
  //  the linefeed byte (decimal 10).
  line := socket.ReceiveStringUntilByte(10);
  if (socket.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(socket.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  WriteLn(line);


  socket.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.