Visual Basic 6.0

Gather Smartcard Debug Information for Chilkat

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This example demonstrates how to gather information to send to support@chilkatsoft.com about your smartcard. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

'  First, Chilkat recommends downloading the MGTEK Smartcard Minidriver Tool to get information 
'  about your smartcard. 

'  The tool can be downloaded from https://www.mgtek.com/smartcard

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'  1. Select the smartcard as shown below and send Chilkat a screenshot of the basic smartcard information.
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'  2. Select the cmapfile (if present) as shown below and send Chilkat a screenshot of the CSP container map
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'  Chilkat provides functions to get information about the smartcard, and what it contains.
'  Send Chilkat the output of the following source code:

Dim scmd As New ChilkatScMinidriver

'  Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
'  via PCSC List Readers or PCSC Find Smart Cards
Dim readerName As String
readerName = "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0"
success = scmd.AcquireContext(readerName)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print scmd.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
json.EmitCompact = 0

'  ------------------------------------------------------
'  3. Send Chilkat the JSON returned by GetCardProperties
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success = scmd.GetCardProperties(json)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print scmd.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print json.Emit()

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'  4. Send Chilkat the JSON returned by GetCspContainerMap
'  ------------------------------------------------------
json.Clear 
success = scmd.GetCspContainerMap(json)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print scmd.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print json.Emit()