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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

TCP Socket Send Byte and Receive Byte

Demonstrates the Chilkat Socket ReceiveByte and SendByte method.

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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
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;
  sock: TSocket;
  useTls: Boolean;
  port: Integer;
  maxWaitMs: Integer;
  treatAsUnsignedInt: Boolean;

begin
  success := False;

  //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  sock := TSocket.Create;

  //  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  //  This example uses the public TCP echo service at https://tcpbin.com/
  //  --------------------------------------------------------------------

  useTls := False;
  port := 4242;
  maxWaitMs := 5000;
  success := sock.Connect('tcpbin.com',port,useTls,maxWaitMs);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(sock.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Wait a max of 2 seconds for a response..
  sock.MaxReadIdleMs := 2000;

  //  Send a byte.
  sock.SendByte(96);

  //  The tcpbin.com echo server only echoes after receiving an LF (linefeed char)
  sock.SendByte(10);

  //  The echo server will echo back whatever is sent to it.
  //  We should be able to read the same byte back..
  //  After successfully reading, the byte value is available in the ReceivedInt property.
  treatAsUnsignedInt := True;
  success := sock.ReceiveByte(treatAsUnsignedInt);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(sock.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Let's look at the value of the byte received.  It should be 96.
  WriteLn(sock.ReceivedInt);

  //  The echo server also echoed the LF back.
  success := sock.ReceiveByte(treatAsUnsignedInt);
  //  Assuming success..

  //  Should be decimal 10.
  WriteLn(sock.ReceivedInt);


  sock.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.