Wait for a Socket to Become Writable

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Demonstrates Socket.SelectForWriting, which waits for the socket, or sockets in a socket set, to become writable. It returns 1 if writable, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.

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

'  Wait up to 5 seconds for the socket (or sockets in a socket set) to become writable.  Returns 1 if
'  writable, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.
Dim ready As Long
ready = socket.SelectForWriting(5000)
If (ready < 0) Then
    Debug.Print socket.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (ready <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "The socket did not become writable before the timeout."
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "The socket is ready for writing."