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Xbase++

Receive Text up to a Delimiter Byte

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveStringUntilByte, which receives bytes until a specific raw byte value is found, then decodes the preceding bytes using StringCharset. The delimiter is excluded from the returned string.

Background. The delimiter search is purely byte-oriented and does not recognize character boundaries. A common delimiter is the linefeed byte (decimal 10).

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSocket
LOCAL nBTls
LOCAL nMaxWaitMs
LOCAL cCommand
LOCAL cLine

nSuccess := 0

oSocket := CreateObject("Chilkat.Socket")

//  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.
nBTls := 1
nMaxWaitMs := 5000
nSuccess := oSocket:Connect("example.com", 5000, nBTls, nMaxWaitMs)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSocket:LastErrorText
    oSocket:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
oSocket:StringCharset := "utf-8"
//  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
//  CRLF.
cCommand := "STATUS" + Chr(13) + Chr(10)
nSuccess := oSocket:SendString(cCommand)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oSocket:LastErrorText
    oSocket:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Receive bytes until a specific raw byte value is found, then decode the preceding bytes using
//  StringCharset.  The delimiter itself is excluded from the returned string.  Here the delimiter is
//  the linefeed byte (decimal 10).
cLine := oSocket:ReceiveStringUntilByte(10)
IF (oSocket:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oSocket:LastErrorText
    oSocket:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? cLine

oSocket:destroy()