System.out.print("PPTClient writing "+a.length+"  bytes ...");
    public boolean writeBuffer(String buffer) throws PPTException {        try {            byte[] a = buffer.getBytes();            System.out.print("PPTClient writing "+a.length+"  bytes ...");            _out.write(a, 0, a.length);            _out.flush();            System.out.println(" done.");        }        catch (IOException e) {            String msg = "Failed to write to socket\n";            msg += e.getMessage();            throw(new PPTException(msg));        }        return true;    }