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SCardBeginTransaction

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function starts a transaction, waiting for the completion of all other transactions before it begins.

When the transaction starts, all other applications are blocked from accessing the smart card during the transaction.

Syntax

LONG SCardBeginTransaction(
  SCARDHANDLE hCard 
);

Parameters

  • hCard
    [in] Handle to the reference value obtained from a previous call to SCardConnect.

Return Value

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

Remarks

SCardBeginTransaction is a smart card and reader access function.

Requirements

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

See Also

Reference

SCardConnect
SCardEndTransaction