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Visual Basic 6.0

Receive a 32-bit Integer from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveInt32, which reads exactly four bytes as a signed 32-bit integer and stores the result in the ReceivedInt property. Byte order is selectable.

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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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim socket As New ChilkatSocket

'  Connect to the server using TLS.
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim maxWaitMs As Long
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print socket.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Read exactly four bytes as a signed 32-bit integer and store the result in the ReceivedInt
'  property.  The argument selects byte order (1 = big-endian, network byte order).
Dim bBigEndian As Long
bBigEndian = 1
success = socket.ReceiveInt32(bBigEndian)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print socket.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Received 32-bit integer: " & socket.ReceivedInt