Unicode 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.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkPkcs11W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkPkcs11W pkcs11;

    success = FALSE;

    // 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.

    pkcs11 = CkPkcs11W_Create();

    // 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.
    CkPkcs11W_putSharedLibPath(pkcs11,L"aetpkss1.dll");

    success = CkPkcs11W_Initialize(pkcs11);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPkcs11W_lastErrorText(pkcs11));
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"PKCS11 successfully initialized.\n");
    }



    CkPkcs11W_Dispose(pkcs11);

    }