(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) ScMinidriver - Import a Certificate to IDPrime MD T=0 Smart Card

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Demonstrates how to import a certificate and its private key to a key container on an ID Prime MD T=0 smartcard.

Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later. This example only runs on Windows because ScMinidriver is a Windows-only class.

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

Dim scmd As New Chilkat.ScMinidriver

' Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
' via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
Dim readerName As String = "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0"
Dim success As Boolean = scmd.AcquireContext(readerName)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
Debug.WriteLine("Card name: " & scmd.CardName)

' The IDPRime MD smart card has 4 different PIN roles:
' "user" -- Primary Card PIN
' "admin" -- Administrator PIN
' "3" -- Digital Signature PIN
' "4" -- Unblock only PIN (PUK)
' To import a certificate to the "IDPrime MD T=0" smart card, we must first PIN authenticate using "user", and then also PIN authenticate using "3" (the Digital Signature PIN)
Dim pinId As String = "user"
' (Of course, use your PIN which may be different than "0000")
Dim retval As Integer = scmd.PinAuthenticate(pinId,"0000")
If (retval <> 0) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("PIN Authentication failed.")
    scmd.DeleteContext()
    Exit Sub
End If



Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert

' Load the cert + private key from a .p12/.pfx
' We got this .p12 from https://badssl.com/download/
Dim password As String = "badssl.com"
success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/badssl.com-client.p12",password)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    scmd.DeleteContext()
    Exit Sub
End If


' Also authenticate using "3", the digital signature PIN.
' (Of course, use your PIN which may be different than "12345678")
retval = scmd.PinAuthenticate("3","12345678")
If (retval <> 0) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("PIN Authentication failed.")
    scmd.DeleteContext()
    Exit Sub
End If


' Let's import this certificate as the "signature" key/cert in key container #6.
Dim containerIndex As Integer = 6
Dim keySpec As String = "sig"
' Note the last argument (the pin ID) is "3".  This is the required PIN ID for the IDPrime MD T=0 smart card.
success = scmd.ImportCert(cert,containerIndex,keySpec,"3")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
Else
    Debug.WriteLine("Successfully imported the cert + private key onto the smart card.")
End If



' Delete the context when finished with the card.
success = scmd.DeleteContext()
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
End If