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Send a 32-bit Integer over a Socket

Demonstrates Socket.SendInt32, which sends a value as a four-byte signed 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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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
}

#  Send the value as a four-byte signed integer.  Use $true for network byte order (big-endian) or
#  $false for little-endian.
$bBigEndian = $true
$success = $socket.SendInt32(1000000,$bBigEndian)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("32-bit integer sent.")