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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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oPkcs11

nSuccess := 0

//  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.

oPkcs11 := 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.
oPkcs11:SharedLibPath := "aetpkss1.dll"

nSuccess := oPkcs11:Initialize()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oPkcs11:LastErrorText
ELSE
    ? "PKCS11 successfully initialized."
ENDIF

oPkcs11:destroy()