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.

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

'  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.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.
Dim hex As String
hex = socket.ReceiveNBytesENC(16,"hex")
If (socket.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print socket.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print hex