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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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#include <C_CkCertStoreW.h>
#include <C_CkCertW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCertStoreW certStore;
    const wchar_t *argNotUsed;
    HCkCertW cert;
    int numCerts;
    int i;

    success = FALSE;

    certStore = CkCertStoreW_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 = L"";
    success = CkCertStoreW_OpenSmartcard(certStore,argNotUsed);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCertStoreW_lastErrorText(certStore));
        CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
        return;
    }

    cert = CkCertW_Create();

    numCerts = CkCertStoreW_getNumCertificates(certStore);
    i = 0;

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



    CkCertStoreW_Dispose(certStore);
    CkCertW_Dispose(cert);

    }