SmartCard Class

Definition

Represents info about a smart card.

The SmartCard sample application shows how to use Windows.Devices.SmartCards APIs to work with smart cards and smart card readers programmatically. The Near field communication (NFC) sample application also shows how to communicate with a smart card.

public ref class SmartCard sealed
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
class SmartCard final
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public sealed class SmartCard
Public NotInheritable Class SmartCard
Inheritance
Object Platform::Object IInspectable SmartCard
Attributes

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Properties

Reader

Gets info about the smart card reader into which the smart card is inserted.

Methods

ConnectAsync()

Establishes a connection to the smart card and returns a SmartCardConnection object representing the connection.

GetAnswerToResetAsync()

Returns the smart card's Answer to Reset (ATR), a standard series of bytes that contains info about the smart card's characteristics, behaviors, and state.

GetStatusAsync()

Returns the smart card's status.

Applies to

See also