Receive a 16-bit Integer from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveInt16, which reads exactly two bytes as a 16-bit integer and stores the result in the ReceivedInt property. Byte order and signedness are selectable.

#include <C_CkSocketW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSocketW socket;
    BOOL bTls;
    int maxWaitMs;
    BOOL bBigEndian;
    BOOL bUnsigned;

    success = FALSE;

    socket = CkSocketW_Create();

    //  Connect to the server using TLS.
    bTls = TRUE;
    maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = CkSocketW_Connect(socket,L"example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocketW_Dispose(socket);
        return;
    }

    //  Read exactly two bytes as a 16-bit integer and store the result in the ReceivedInt property.
    //  The 1st argument selects byte order (TRUE = big-endian); the 2nd selects unsigned interpretation.
    bBigEndian = TRUE;
    bUnsigned = FALSE;
    success = CkSocketW_ReceiveInt16(socket,bBigEndian,bUnsigned);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(socket));
        CkSocketW_Dispose(socket);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Received 16-bit integer: %d\n",CkSocketW_getReceivedInt(socket));


    CkSocketW_Dispose(socket);

    }