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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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$listenSocket = New-Object 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 -eq $false) {
    $($listenSocket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Get the next incoming connection
# Wait a maximum of 20 seconds (20000 millisec)
$connectedSocket = New-Object Chilkat.Socket
$success = $listenSocket.AcceptNext(20000,$connectedSocket)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($listenSocket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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 -ne $true) {
    $($connectedSocket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

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

$("success!")