[RESOLVED] Problem with data from printer

[vagelisr]

Hi to all.

i'm facing a strange problem and i need your help.

I use this code to connect and receive some information from a barcode printer.

    Private Sub Socket_Connect3(ByVal PrinterIndex As Integer, ByVal PrinterIP As String, ByVal PrinterPort As String)
        'Dim i, j As Integer
        'Dim FindBlank As String
        Dim txtonlyCounter As Integer = 0
        Dim tcpClient As New System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient
        tcpClient.Connect(PrinterIP, PrinterPort)
        Dim networkStream As NetworkStream = tcpClient.GetStream()
        If networkStream.CanWrite And networkStream.CanRead Then
            Dim sendBytes As [Byte]() = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("~HS" & vbCrLf)
            networkStream.Write(sendBytes, 0, sendBytes.Length)
            Dim bytes1(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize) As Byte
            networkStream.Read(bytes1, 0, CInt(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize))
            Dim returndata As String = ""
            returndata = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes1)
            tcpClient.Close()
            Dim txtCounterLength As Integer = Len(returndata)
            'For i = 1 To txtCounterLength
            'FindBlank = Mid(returndata, i, 1)
            'If FindBlank = " " Then
            'j = i - 1
            'txtonlyCounter = Mid(returndata, 1, j)
            'Exit For
            'End If
            'Next i
            Try
                ListView1.Items(PrinterIndex).SubItems(13).Text = txtonlyCounter
            Catch
                ListView1.Items.Item(PrinterIndex).SubItems.Add(13).Text = txtonlyCounter
            End Try
        Else
            If Not networkStream.CanRead Then
                'MsgBox("Could not write data to data stream")
                tcpClient.Close()
            Else
                If Not networkStream.CanWrite Then
                    'MsgBox("Could not read data from data stream")
                    tcpClient.Close()
                End If
            End If
        End If
    End Sub

The point is
the returndata (the data from printer) is something like this
"030,0,0,0584,002,0,0,0,000,0,0,0 001,0,0,0,1,1,6,1,00000043,1,001 1234,0
and the txtCounterLength (the length of the returndata) is 8.193 See attachment.

Can anyone explain me why the size is so huge?????

Thanks and regards.

[Bulldog]

The default TcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize buffer size is 8192.

[vagelisr]

First of all thanks for your time and second for your answer.

Have a nice day!!!!!!!