Xojo Plugin

Receive a Single Byte from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveByte, which reads exactly one byte and stores its numeric value in the ReceivedInt property. The argument selects signed or unsigned interpretation.

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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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim socket As New Chilkat.Socket

//  Connect to the server using TLS.
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim maxWaitMs As Int32
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Read exactly one byte.  Its numeric value is stored in the ReceivedInt property.  Passing 1
//  interprets the byte as unsigned (0 through 255); 0 interprets it as signed.
Dim bUnsigned As Boolean
bUnsigned = True
success = socket.ReceiveByte(bUnsigned)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(socket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Received byte value: " + Str(socket.ReceivedInt))