ISCardFileAccess::Open

The Open method opens the specified file for further use.

HRESULT Open(
  REFTYPE refType,
  BSTR bstrPathSpec,
  HSCARD_FILE *phFile
);

Parameters

refType [in]
Specifies the type of reference used in bstrPathSpec as follows:

SC_TYPE_BY_NAME

SC_TYPE_BY_ID

SC_TYPE_BY_SHORT

SC_TYPE_BY_ANY

bstrPathSpec [in]
Specifies file to open.
phFile [out, retval]
Pointer to an HSCARD_FILE that will hold the file handle.

Return Values

The possible return values are the following:

Value Meaning
S_OK Operation completed successfully.
E_INVALIDARG Invalid parameter.
E_POINTER A bad pointer was passed in.
E_OUTOFMEMORY Out of memory.

Remarks

To close a file, call Close.

For a list of all the methods defined by the ISCardFileAccess interface, see ISCardFileAccess.

In addition to the COM error codes listed above, this interface may return a smart card error code if a smart card function was called to complete the request. For information on smart card error codes, see Smart Card Error Codes.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Use version 4.0 SP3 and later.
  Windows: Use Windows 95 OSR2.1.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in scardcom.h.
  Import Library: scardcom.tlb (vendor-supplied).

See Also

Close, ISCardFileAccess