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SCardForgetReader

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function removes a previously introduced reader from control by the smart card subsystem. It is removed from the smart card database, including from any reader group to which it may have been added.

Syntax

LONG SCardForgetReader(
  SCARDCONTEXT hContext, 
  LPCTSTR szReaderName 
);

Parameters

  • 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 of the reader to be removed from the smart card database.

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

SCardForgetReader is a database management 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

SCardEstablishContext
SCardForgetCardType
SCardIntroduceReader