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Writes text to the socket.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
Socket | 3.1 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
SocketID | The socket ID received by Socket.Connect function. | $sock | |
Text | The text to send. | "Hello World" | |
Encoding | The text encoding for text parameter. Default is native. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
"UTF8" | Optional |
Returns the number of bytes written or an error message.
Write something:
MBS( "Socket.Write"; $sock; "Hello World" )
Write something with DOS text encoding:
MBS( "Socket.Write"; $sock; "Umlauts: äöü"; "DOS" )
Connect to a HTTP Server and wait for answer:
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Trace")]
Set Variable [$sock; Value:MBS("Socket.Connect"; TCP Socket::DomainOrIP; 80)]
If [MBS("IsError")]
Show Custom Dialog ["Error"; $sock]
Exit Script []
End If
Set Variable [$request; Value:"GET "&TCP Socket::Path&" HTTP/1.0¶Host: "&TCP Socket::DomainOrIP&"¶¶"]
Set Variable [$request; Value:MBS("Text.ReplaceNewline"; $request; 2)]
Set Field [TCP Socket::RequestUsed; $request]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Socket.Write"; $sock; $request)]
Pause/Resume Script [Duration (seconds): 1]
Set Variable [$data; Value:MBS("Socket.Read"; $sock; 1000)]
Set Variable [$data; Value:MBS("Text.ReplaceNewline"; $data; 1)]
Set Field [TCP Socket::Result; $data]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Socket.Close"; $sock)]
Send set zero command to scale for MT-SICS (METTLER TOLEDO Standard Interface Command Set):
MBS( "Socket.Write"; $sock; "Z" & Char(13) & Char(10) )
Send print weight command to scale for MT-SICS (METTLER TOLEDO Standard Interface Command Set):
MBS( "Socket.Write"; $sock; "P" & Char(13) & Char(10) )
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 31st August 2020