(PowerShell) Send Bytes on a Socket Connection

Demonstrates how to send a mixture of binary (non-text) and text bytes on a socket connection.

Chilkat .NET Downloads Chilkat .NET Assemblies

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

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

$socket = New-Object Chilkat.Socket

# Connect to some host:port
$ssl = $false
$maxWaitMillisec = 20000
$port = 5555
$success = $socket.Connect("test.com",$port,$ssl,$maxWaitMillisec)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# We wish to send a 0x00 byte followed by the us-ascii string "10800"
$bd = New-Object Chilkat.BinData

$bd.AppendByte(0)
$bd.AppendString("10800","utf-8")

# Send the entire contents of bd.
$success = $socket.SendBd($bd,0,0)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}