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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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Unicode C
#include <C_CkSocketW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSocketW listenSocket;
    HCkSocketW connectedSocket;

    success = FALSE;

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

    listenSocket = CkSocketW_Create();

    // 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 = CkSocketW_BindAndListen(listenSocket,5555,25);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(listenSocket));
        CkSocketW_Dispose(listenSocket);
        return;
    }

    // Get the next incoming connection
    // Wait a maximum of 20 seconds (20000 millisec)
    connectedSocket = CkSocketW_Create();
    success = CkSocketW_AcceptNext(listenSocket,20000,connectedSocket);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(listenSocket));
        CkSocketW_Dispose(listenSocket);
        CkSocketW_Dispose(connectedSocket);
        return;
    }

    // Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
    CkSocketW_putMaxReadIdleMs(connectedSocket,10000);
    CkSocketW_putMaxSendIdleMs(connectedSocket,10000);

    // Send a "Hello World!" message to the client:
    success = CkSocketW_SendString(connectedSocket,L"Hello World!");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkSocketW_lastErrorText(connectedSocket));
        CkSocketW_Dispose(listenSocket);
        CkSocketW_Dispose(connectedSocket);
        return;
    }

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

    wprintf(L"success!\n");


    CkSocketW_Dispose(listenSocket);
    CkSocketW_Dispose(connectedSocket);

    }