ISCardManage::Status

The Status method gets the current status of the smart card or reader.

HRESULT Status(
  SCARD_STATES *pStatus,       
  SCARD_PROTOCOLS *pProtocols  
);

Parameters

pStatus [out]
On return, contains the current status/state.
pProtocols [out]
On return, contains the current protocol.

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

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

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

ISCardManage