(VBScript) 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.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' 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.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Pkcs11")
set pkcs11 = CreateObject("Chilkat.Pkcs11")

' 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.
pkcs11.SharedLibPath = "aetpkss1.dll"

success = pkcs11.Initialize()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(pkcs11.LastErrorText)
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("PKCS11 successfully initialized.")
End If


outFile.Close