(Visual Basic 6.0) 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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Dim certStore As New ChilkatCertStore

' 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.
Dim argNotUsed As String
argNotUsed = ""
Dim success As Long
success = certStore.OpenSmartcard(argNotUsed)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print certStore.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim cert As New ChilkatCert

Dim numCerts As Long
numCerts = certStore.NumCertificates
Dim i As Long
i = 0

Do While i < numCerts
    ' Load the cert object with the Nth certificate found in the connected HSMs
    success = certStore.GetCert(i,cert)
    Debug.Print i & ": " & cert.SubjectCN
    i = i + 1
Loop