Xojo Plugin

Accept Connection on Socket

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Demonstrates how to create a TCP/IP socket, listen on a port, accept an incoming connection, and send a "Hello World" message to the client. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim listenSocket As New Chilkat.Socket

// Bind to a port and listen for incoming connections:
// This example will listen at port 5555 and allows for a backlog
// of 25 pending connection requests.
success = listenSocket.BindAndListen(5555,25)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(listenSocket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Get the next incoming connection
// Wait a maximum of 20 seconds (20000 millisec)
Dim connectedSocket As New Chilkat.Socket
success = listenSocket.AcceptNext(20000,connectedSocket)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(listenSocket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
connectedSocket.MaxReadIdleMs = 10000
connectedSocket.MaxSendIdleMs = 10000

// Send a "Hello World!" message to the client:
success = connectedSocket.SendString("Hello World!")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(connectedSocket.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Close the connection with the client.
// Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
success = connectedSocket.Close(20000)

System.DebugLog("success!")