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Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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.

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llSuccess = .F.

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

loListenSocket = createobject("CkSocket")

//  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.
llSuccess = loListenSocket.BindAndListen(5555,25)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loListenSocket.LastErrorText
    release loListenSocket
    return
endif

//  Get the next incoming connection
//  Wait a maximum of 20 seconds (20000 millisec)
loConnectedSocket = createobject("CkSocket")
llSuccess = loListenSocket.AcceptNext(20000,loConnectedSocket)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loListenSocket.LastErrorText
    release loListenSocket
    release loConnectedSocket
    return
endif

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

//  Send a "Hello World!" message to the client:
llSuccess = loConnectedSocket.SendString("Hello World!")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loConnectedSocket.LastErrorText
    release loListenSocket
    release loConnectedSocket
    return
endif

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

? "success!"


release loListenSocket
release loConnectedSocket