(C#) 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.)

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

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// 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.

Chilkat.Pkcs11 pkcs11 = new Chilkat.Pkcs11();

// 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.SharedLibPath = "aetpkss1.dll";

bool success = pkcs11.Initialize();
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(pkcs11.LastErrorText);
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("PKCS11 successfully initialized.");
}