Receive Text from a Socket into a StringBuilder

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveSb, which receives text, decodes it using StringCharset, and appends it to a StringBuilder.

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

$success = $false

$socket = New-Object Chilkat.Socket

#  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 -eq $false) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  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`r`n"
$success = $socket.SendString($command)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Receive text and append it to a StringBuilder, decoding using StringCharset.
$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $socket.ReceiveSb($sb)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$responseText = $sb.GetAsString()
if ($sb.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($sb.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($responseText)