(PowerShell) ScMinidriver - List Certificates on a Smart Card or USB Token

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Gets a list of certificates contained on a smart card or USB token.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$scmd = New-Object Chilkat.ScMinidriver

# Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
# via PCSC List Readers or PCSC Find Smart Cards
$readerName = "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0"
$success = $scmd.AcquireContext($readerName)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($scmd.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$stCerts = New-Object Chilkat.StringTable

# We can choose one of the following items of information to get for each certificate:
# "subjectDN" -- Return the full distinguished name of the cert.
# "subjectDN_withTags" -- Same as above, but in a format that includes the subject part tags, such as the "CN=" in "CN=something"
# "subjectCN" -- Return just the common name part of the certificate's subject.
# "serial" -- Return the certificate serial number.
# "serial:issuerCN" -- return the certificate serial number + the issuer's common name, delimited with a colon char.
$certPart = "subjectCN"

$success = $scmd.ListCerts($certPart,$stCerts)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($scmd.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$numCerts = $stCerts.Count
$i = 0
while ($i -lt $numCerts) {
    $([string]$i + ": " + $stCerts.StringAt($i))
    $i = $i + 1
}

# Delete the context when finished with the card.
$success = $scmd.DeleteContext()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($scmd.LastErrorText)
}