(VBScript) Load Certificate from Smart Card by Serial Number

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This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.87 or greater. It uses a Windows-only function named LoadFromSmartcard.

This example loads a certificate specified by its hexidecimal serial number. The LoadFromSmartcard method will examine the connected smart cards and USB tokens and will find and load the certificate having the specified serial number.

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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.

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

' If you know the smart card PIN, set it prior to loading from the smartcard/USB token.
cert.SmartCardPin = "12345678"

' To load the certificate specified by its hexidecimal serial number, pass the string "serial=<hexSerialNumber>".  For example:
success = cert.LoadFromSmartcard("serial=4A1E6ADCF59DB1EFBAAE438D2C52664E40D16A87")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    outFile.WriteLine("Certificate not loaded.")
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Found: " & cert.SubjectDN & " serial=" & cert.SerialNumber)

' Here's another example.
' Note: serial numbers can be of different lengths.  The length of the serial number depends on the certificate.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Cert")
set cert2 = CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = cert2.LoadFromSmartcard("serial=66BE58138D761E92BC594A722932657BE26D421F")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(cert2.LastErrorText)
    outFile.WriteLine("Certificate not loaded.")
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Found: " & cert2.SubjectDN & " serial=" & cert2.SerialNumber)

outFile.Close