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Iterate over Certificates on Connected Smart Cards and USB Tokens

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the certificates on connected smart cards and USB tokens.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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C
#include <C_CkCertStore.h>
#include <C_CkCert.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCertStore certStore;
    const char *argNotUsed;
    HCkCert cert;
    int numCerts;
    int i;

    success = FALSE;

    certStore = CkCertStore_Create();

    // Detects connected smart cards and USB tokens
    // and loads the certificate store object with the certificates found.
    // Works on Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Linux.
    // Note: If something is not detected, contact info@chilkatsoft.com
    // for help or for workarounds.
    argNotUsed = "";
    success = CkCertStore_OpenSmartcard(certStore,argNotUsed);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCertStore_lastErrorText(certStore));
        CkCertStore_Dispose(certStore);
        return;
    }

    cert = CkCert_Create();

    numCerts = CkCertStore_getNumCertificates(certStore);
    i = 0;

    while (i < numCerts) {
        // Load the cert object with the Nth certificate found in the connected HSMs
        CkCertStore_GetCert(certStore,i,cert);
        printf("%d: %s\n",i,CkCert_subjectCN(cert));
        i = i + 1;
    }



    CkCertStore_Dispose(certStore);
    CkCert_Dispose(cert);

    }