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PC/SC Get Card UID

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Sends the APDU command to get a card's UID.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oScard = ObjCreate("Chilkat.SCard")

; First establish a context to the PC/SC Resource Manager
$bSuccess = $oScard.EstablishContext("user")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oScard.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Use your own smart card reader name here.
$bSuccess = $oScard.Connect("ACS ACR122 0","shared","no_preference")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oScard.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Connected reader: " & $oScard.ConnectedReader & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Active protocol: " & $oScard.ActiveProtocol & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("ATR: " & $oScard.CardAtr & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Reader Status: " & $oScard.ReaderStatus & @CRLF)

;  Send the APDU command 0xFF, 0xCA, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
$oBdRecv = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$bSuccess = $oScard.TransmitHex($oScard.ActiveProtocol,"FFCA000000",$oBdRecv,32)
If ($bSuccess = True) Then

    ConsoleWrite("Received: " & $oBdRecv.GetEncoded("hex") & @CRLF)

    ; The UID is the returned data without the final 2 bytes.
Local $iNumBytes = $oBdRecv.NumBytes
    If ($iNumBytes > 2) Then
        ConsoleWrite("UID: " & $oBdRecv.GetEncodedChunk(0,$iNumBytes - 2,"hex") & @CRLF)
    EndIf

Else
    ConsoleWrite($oScard.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
EndIf

; Disconnect from this reader.
$bSuccess = $oScard.Disconnect("leave")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oScard.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
EndIf

; Applications should always release the context when finished.
$bSuccess = $oScard.ReleaseContext()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oScard.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
EndIf