Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Component: SmartCard

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Component: SmartCard

PCSC interface to SmartCard readers.

Item	Details
SmartCard.Available Whether SmartCard API is available.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.BeginTransaction Starts a transaction.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.Cancel Terminates all outstanding actions within a specific resource manager context.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.CancelTransaction Cancels current transaction.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.Connect Connects to a smartcard.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.Control Direct control of the reader.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.Disconnect Disconnects card.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.EndTransaction Ends transaction.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.GetActiveProtocol Queries the active protocol.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.GetAttribute Retrieves the current reader attribute.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.HeaderTemplate Queries header template.	Mac/Win 6.4
SmartCard.Init Initializes a smartcard context.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.ListReaderGroups Queries list of reader groups.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.ListReaders Queries list of readers.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.PerformSignature Performs signature.	Mac/Win 7.0
SmartCard.ReadCertificate Reads certificate for smart cards.	Mac/Win 7.0
SmartCard.ReadFile Read file from smart card with APDU protocol.	Mac/Win 8.5
SmartCard.Reconnect Reconnects to smart card with different protocol.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.Release Releases context and all memory needed.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.ReleaseAll Frees all SmartCard objects.	Mac/Win 10.5
SmartCard.SetAttribute Sets the given reader attribute.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.SplitValues Split values read from smart card.	Mac/Win 8.5
SmartCard.Status Queries current status of smart card in reader.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.Transmit Sends a service request to the smart card and expects to receive data back from the card.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.TransmitReceiveHeader Returns the receive header from last Transmit.	Mac/Win 6.3
SmartCard.Valid Determines whether a smart card context handle is valid.	Mac/Win 6.3

26 functions.

Release notes

Version 10.5
- Added CFunction.ReleaseAll, CGImageSource.ReleaseAll, CLibrary.ReleaseAll, DynaPDF.ReleaseAll, ECKey.ReleaseAll, FSEvents.ReleaseAll, MarkDown.ReleaseAll, MenuItem.ReleaseAll, SendMail.ReleaseAll, Shell.ReleaseAll, SmartCard.ReleaseAll, TouchBar.ReleaseAll, UserNotification.ReleaseAll, WMFP.ReleaseAll, WMIQuery.ReleaseAll and WindowsUserNotification.ReleaseAll.
Version 10.2
- Fixed problem in SmartCard.ReadFile with MacOS Catalina.
Version 10.0
- Changed SmartCard.SplitValues to hex encode binary values.
- Fixed issue from 9.5 where SmartCard.ReadFile would not read last chunk correctly.
- Improved code for SmartCard.ReadFile to read in chunks of 256 bytes instead of 255 bytes.
Version 9.5
- Improved code for SmartCard.ReadFile to work for more cards.
Version 8.5
- Added SmartCard.ReadFile and SmartCard.SplitValues functions to read data from various smartcards (e.g. Swiss Health Insurance Card or Belgian Identity Card).
Version 7.1
- Changed SmartCard.PerformSignature to accept more than 20 bytes for hashes.
- Fixed an issue with SmartCard.PerformSignature not returning signature correctly.
Version 7.0
- Added SmartCard.PerformSignature and SmartCard.ReadCertificate to handle a few card readers easier.
- Made SendHeader parameter optional for SmartCard.Transmit.

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