Receive
The Receive function receives the data from Internet host.
Receive
data
Parameters
-
data
-
The variable that will accept the received data
Return value
The function returns the number of received bytes. If function returns zero,
then either all data are read or an error occured. To know the reason, use
the LastError property.
It is recommended to check the return value in the scripts to determine
the end of being received data.
Notes
The TCP/IP connection should previously be opened by calling the Open
function.
The accepted data are placed into the first parameter variable.
If the
BinaryMode property set the binary mode, the result is a safearray
of bytes. The maximal size of array is defined by BufferSize property.
Later you can write array to file, or convert it to string using the
WriteFile function.
The next calling this function returns the next portion of data etc. until
all data will be received.
If the BinaryMode property set the text mode, the subsequent callings
of this function will place the strings into the data variable, one
string per calling, string by string. The received strings are cleared from
the finishing CR/LF symbols.
Example
Every example from ASP examples contains
this function callings.