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.

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    let socket = CkoSocket()!

    //  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.
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var maxWaitMs: Int = 5000
    success = socket.connect(hostname: "example.com", port: 5000, ssl: bTls, maxWaitMs: maxWaitMs)
    if success == false {
        print("\(socket.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
    socket.stringCharset = "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.
    var message: String? = "STATUS\r\n"
    success = socket.sendString(str: message)
    if success == false {
        print("\(socket.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Message sent.")

}