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Smart Card and Reader Access Functions

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

The following table shows the functions that connect to and communicate with a specific smart card. I/O operations to the smart card use a buffer for sending or receiving data plus a structure that contains protocol-control information. The protocol-control information structure always begins with a SCARD_IO_REQUEST structure.

Function Description

SCardBeginTransaction

Starts a transaction, which blocks other applications from accessing a smart card.

SCardConnect

Connects to a smart card; the SCARD_SHARE_SHARED parameter is not supported.

SCardDisconnect

Terminates a connection.

SCardEndTransaction

Ends a transaction, which enables other applications to access a smart card.

SCardReconnect

Re-establishes a connection.

SCardStatus

Provides the current status of the reader.

SCardTransmit

Requests service and receives data back from a smart card using raw, T=0, and T=1 protocols.

See Also

Concepts

Smart Card Resource Manager