SCardIntroduceReader

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This function introduces a new name for an existing smart card reader. Smart card readers are automatically introduced to the system.

Syntax

LONG SCardIntroduceReader(
  SCARDCONTEXT hContext, 
  LPCTSTR szReaderName, 
  LPCTSTR szDeviceName 
);

hContext
[in] Handle to the resource manager context. The resource manager context is set by a previous call to SCardEstablishContext.

szReaderName
[in] Null-terminated string that contains the friendly name to be assigned to the reader.

szDeviceName
[in] Null-terminated string that contains the system name of the smart card reader device. For example, "SCR1:".

The following table shows the possible return values.

Value	Description
SCARD_S_SUCCESS	Succeeds
An error value (see Smart Card Error Values for a list of all error values).	Fails

SCardIntroduceReader is a database management function.

To remove a reader, see SCardForgetReader.

Header	winscard.h
Library	winscard.lib
Windows Embedded CE	Windows CE 3.0 and later
Windows Mobile	Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later