receive

Description

Receives data from a socket.

Syntax

socket.receive(stream, len[, flag])

Parameters

stream

A StringStream object for the incoming data.

len

Integer. Specifies the number of bytes to retrieve.

flag

Optional. Integer. Specifies the way in which the call is made. It can be a combination of the following data

Flag	Description
0x02	Peek at the incoming data. The data is copied into the StringStream but is not removed from the input queue.
0x01	Process out-of-band data

Returns

Integer. The number of bytes received.