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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.

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

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

' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 1. Select the smartcard as shown below and send Chilkat a screenshot of the basic smartcard information.
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 
' (image:https://example-code.com/images/mgtek_screenshot.jpg/endImage)
' 
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 2. Select the cmapfile (if present) as shown below and send Chilkat a screenshot of the CSP container map
' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' 
' (image:https://example-code.com/images/cmapfile_screenshot.jpg/endImage)
' 

' ---------------------------------------------------------
' Chilkat provides functions to get information about the smartcard, and what it contains.
' Send Chilkat the output of the following source code:

set scmd = CreateObject("Chilkat.ScMinidriver")

' Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
' via PCSC List Readers or PCSC Find Smart Cards
readerName = "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0"
success = scmd.AcquireContext(readerName)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
json.EmitCompact = 0

' ------------------------------------------------------
' 3. Send Chilkat the JSON returned by GetCardProperties
' ------------------------------------------------------
success = scmd.GetCardProperties(json)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())

' ------------------------------------------------------
' 4. Send Chilkat the JSON returned by GetCspContainerMap
' ------------------------------------------------------
json.Clear 
success = scmd.GetCspContainerMap(json)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())

outFile.Close