Lua Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88+

PKCS11 Initialize

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The first thing to do to interact with a smart card or USB security token using PKCS11 is to call Initialize. It loads the vendors DLL/shared library and initializes the Cryptoki library. (The Cryptoki library is the DLL/shared lib provided by the smart card vendor.) Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

-- Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

local pkcs11 = chilkat.Pkcs11.new()

-- You'll need to know in advance the name and possibly the full path to the smart card vendor's shared library.
-- On Windows systems it is a .dll.   On Linux it is a .so.  On Mac OS X it will be a .dylib.
-- On Windows, if you set the SharedLibPath equal to just the name of the DLL, then it is assumed to be located in the Windows system directory
-- which contains dynamic-link libraries and drivers. The Windows system directory is typically C:\Windows\System32

-- In this example we will pass just the name of the DLL because it is located in C:\Windows\System32.
-- On non-Windows systems you should specify the full path to the shared lib.
-- Also use the full path on Windows systems where the smart card vendor's DLL does not install to C:\Windows\System32.
pkcs11.shared_lib_path = "aetpkss1.dll"

local success = pkcs11:initialize()
if not success then
    print(pkcs11.last_error_text)
else
    print("PKCS11 successfully initialized.")
end