Send a String over a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.SendString, which encodes a string using StringCharset and sends the resulting bytes over the connected socket. No delimiter, terminator, or length prefix is added.

IncludeFile "CkSocket.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    socket.i = CkSocket::ckCreate()
    If socket.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  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.i = 1
    maxWaitMs.i = 5000
    success = CkSocket::ckConnect(socket,"example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSocket::ckLastErrorText(socket)
        CkSocket::ckDispose(socket)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
    CkSocket::setCkStringCharset(socket, "utf-8")

    ;  Encode the string using StringCharset and send the resulting bytes.  No delimiter, terminator, or
    ;  length prefix is added; the exact bytes are sent.  This example sends a command for a simple
    ;  application-defined text protocol.
    message.s = "STATUS" + Chr(13) + Chr(10)
    success = CkSocket::ckSendString(socket,message)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSocket::ckLastErrorText(socket)
        CkSocket::ckDispose(socket)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Message sent."


    CkSocket::ckDispose(socket)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure