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Socket.WriteHex

Writes text to the socket.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example value
SocketID	The socket ID received by Socket.Connect function.	$sock
Text	The text to send in hex encoding.	"48656C6C6F"

Result

Returns the number of bytes written or an error message.

Description

Examples

Write some text:

MBS( "Socket.WriteHex"; $sock; "48656C6C6F" )

Send some command:

// sends
// <STX><6><CMD_ON><channels><CHECKSUM><ETX>
// In Hex : 0x02 0x06 0x4f 0x07 0xa2 0x03

MBS( "Socket.WriteHex"; $sock; "02064F07A203" )

Connect to IP and send command and wait for answer:

Set Variable [$sock; Value:MBS("Socket.Connect";test::IP; 16128)]
If [MBS("IsError")]
    Show Custom Dialog ["Failed to connect"]
Else
    Set Variable [$write; Value:MBS("Socket.WriteHex"; $sock; test::query)]
    Pause/Resume Script [Duration (seconds): 1]
    Set Field [test::response; MBS("Socket.ReadHex"; $sock; 20)]
    Show Custom Dialog ["Hex: " & test::response & ¶ & "Text: " & MBS( "Text.DecodeFromHex"; test::response)]
    Set Variable [$sock; Value:MBS("Socket.Close"; $sock)]
End If

See also

• IsError
• Socket.Close
• Socket.Connect
• Socket.Read
• Socket.ReadHex
• Socket.Write
• Socket.WriteByte
• Socket.WriteMLLP
• Text.DecodeFromHex

Blog Entries

• More Text Encoding conversion for FileMaker

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 22nd March 2016

Socket.WriteByte   -   Socket.WriteMLLP

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