Receive a 32-bit Integer from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveInt32, which reads exactly four bytes as a signed 32-bit integer and stores the result in the ReceivedInt property. Byte order is selectable.

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$socket = New-Object Chilkat.Socket

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
$bTls = $true
$maxWaitMs = 5000
$success = $socket.Connect("example.com",5000,$bTls,$maxWaitMs)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Read exactly four bytes as a signed 32-bit integer and store the result in the ReceivedInt
#  property.  The argument selects byte order ($true = big-endian, network byte order).
$bBigEndian = $true
$success = $socket.ReceiveInt32($bBigEndian)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Received 32-bit integer: " + $socket.ReceivedInt)