Receive an Exact Number of Bytes as Encoded Text

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveNBytesENC, which receives exactly the requested number of bytes and returns them encoded using a named encoding. It waits until the full count is received.

require 'chilkat'

success = false

socket = Chilkat::CkSocket.new()

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
bTls = true
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
if (success == false)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  MaxReadIdleMs controls the inactivity limit for receiving.  The ReceiveNBytesENC call will fail if
#  incoming bytes halt for longer than this many milliseconds before the full amount is received.
socket.put_MaxReadIdleMs(15000)

#  Receive exactly the requested number of bytes and return them encoded using the named encoding.
#  Unlike ReceiveBytesENC, this waits until the full count has been received.
hex = socket.receiveNBytesENC(16,"hex")
if (socket.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print hex + "\n";