Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
Send a 16-bit Integer over a Socket
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Demonstrates Socket.SendInt16, which sends the low 16 bits of a value as a two-byte integer in the selected byte order.
Background. Fixed-size integers and length prefixes are common building blocks for application-defined binary protocols. Byte order is selectable, with big-endian being network byte order.
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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;
bBigEndian: Boolean;
begin
success := False;
socket := TSocket.Create;
// Connect to the server using TLS.
bTls := True;
maxWaitMs := 5000;
success := socket.Connect('example.com',5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
if (success = False) then
begin
WriteLn(socket.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
// Send the low 16 bits of the value as a two-byte integer. Use True for network byte order
// (big-endian) or False for little-endian.
bBigEndian := True;
success := socket.SendInt16(1024,bBigEndian);
if (success = False) then
begin
WriteLn(socket.LastErrorText);
Exit;
end;
WriteLn('16-bit integer sent.');
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.