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Gather Smartcard Debug Information for Chilkat

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This example demonstrates how to gather information to send to support@chilkatsoft.com about your smartcard.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    -- First, Chilkat recommends downloading the MGTEK Smartcard Minidriver Tool to get information 
    -- about your smartcard. 

    -- The tool can be downloaded from https://www.mgtek.com/smartcard

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- 1. Select the smartcard as shown below and send Chilkat a screenshot of the basic smartcard information.
    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- 
    -- (image:https://example-code.com/images/mgtek_screenshot.jpg/endImage)
    -- 
    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- 2. Select the cmapfile (if present) as shown below and send Chilkat a screenshot of the CSP container map
    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- 
    -- (image:https://example-code.com/images/cmapfile_screenshot.jpg/endImage)
    -- 

    -- ---------------------------------------------------------
    -- Chilkat provides functions to get information about the smartcard, and what it contains.
    -- Send Chilkat the output of the following source code:

    DECLARE @scmd int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.ScMinidriver', @scmd OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
    -- via PCSC List Readers or PCSC Find Smart Cards
    DECLARE @readerName nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @readerName = 'Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @scmd, 'AcquireContext', @success OUT, @readerName
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @scmd, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @scmd
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0

    -- ------------------------------------------------------
    -- 3. Send Chilkat the JSON returned by GetCardProperties
    -- ------------------------------------------------------
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @scmd, 'GetCardProperties', @success OUT, @json
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @scmd, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @scmd
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- ------------------------------------------------------
    -- 4. Send Chilkat the JSON returned by GetCspContainerMap
    -- ------------------------------------------------------
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Clear', NULL
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @scmd, 'GetCspContainerMap', @success OUT, @json
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @scmd, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @scmd
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @scmd
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json


END
GO