I am calling winscard functions using js-ctypes for a Firefox addon. SCardEstablishContext works properly but when calling SCardListReaders returns the following error: SCARD_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE 0x80100006
var {Cu} = require("chrome");
var{ctypes} = Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm", null);
const NULL = ctypes.voidptr_t(0);
var is64bit = ctypes.voidptr_t.size == 4 ? false : true;
var TYPES = {
ABI: is64bit ? ctypes.default_abi : ctypes.winapi_abi,
CALLBACK_ABI: is64bit ? ctypes.default_abi : ctypes.stdcall_cabi,
DWORD: ctypes.uint32_t,
LPCVOID: ctypes.voidptr_t,
LPSCARDCONTEXT: ctypes.voidptr_t,
LPSTR: ctypes.jschar.ptr,
LPCSTR: ctypes.char.ptr
}
var CONST = {
SCARD_SCOPE_USER: 0,
SCARD_SCOPE_SYSTEM: 2,
SCARD_S_SUCCESS: 0
};
var cardLib = ctypes.open("Winscard");
var SCardEstablishContext = cardLib.declare("SCardEstablishContext", TYPES.ABI, TYPES.DWORD, TYPES.DWORD, TYPES.LPCVOID, TYPES.LPCVOID, TYPES.LPSCARDCONTEXT);
var ContextHandle = TYPES.LPSCARDCONTEXT();
var ret = SCardEstablishContext(CONST.SCARD_SCOPE_SYSTEM, null, null, ContextHandle.address());
var SCardListReadersA = cardLib.declare("SCardListReadersA", TYPES.ABI, TYPES.DWORD, TYPES.LPSCARDCONTEXT, TYPES.LPCSTR, TYPES.LPSTR, TYPES.DWORD );
var reader_count = TYPES.DWORD();
var reader_names = ctypes.jschar.ptr();
var ret = SCardListReadersA(ContextHandle.address(), null, reader_names,reader_count );
cardLib.close();
The documentation shows that this function was created in such a way that there are two ways to do this.
Send null buffer, get back a count, allocate a buffer yourself to that count, send this allocted buffer to get populated. That is seen here: GitHubGIST :: Noitidart / _ff-addon-snippet-WinAPI-listCardReadersManAlloc.js
Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm');
var is64bit = ctypes.voidptr_t.size == 4 ? false : true;
var ifdef_UNICODE = true;
var TYPES = {
ABI: is64bit ? ctypes.default_abi : ctypes.winapi_abi,
CALLBACK_ABI: is64bit ? ctypes.default_abi : ctypes.stdcall_cabi,
CHAR: ctypes.char,
DWORD: ctypes.uint32_t,
LONG: ctypes.long,
LPCVOID: ctypes.voidptr_t,
ULONG_PTR: is64bit ? ctypes.uint64_t : ctypes.unsigned_long,
WCHAR: ctypes.jschar
};
// advanced types - based on simple types
TYPES.LPSTR = TYPES.CHAR.ptr;
TYPES.LPCSTR = TYPES.CHAR.ptr;
TYPES.LPDWORD = TYPES.DWORD.ptr;
TYPES.LPCWSTR = TYPES.WCHAR.ptr;
TYPES.LPWSTR = TYPES.WCHAR.ptr;
TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT = TYPES.ULONG_PTR;
// advanced advanced types - based on advanced types
TYPES.LPCTSTR = ifdef_UNICODE ? TYPES.LPCWSTR : TYPES.LPCSTR;
TYPES.LPTSTR = ifdef_UNICODE ? TYPES.LPWSTR : TYPES.LPSTR;
TYPES.PSCARDCONTEXT = TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT.ptr;
TYPES.LPSCARDCONTEXT = TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT.ptr;
var CONST = {
SCARD_AUTOALLOCATE: TYPES.DWORD('0xffffffff'),
SCARD_SCOPE_SYSTEM: 2,
SCARD_SCOPE_USER: 0,
SCARD_S_SUCCESS: 0
};
var cardLib = ctypes.open('Winscard');
var SCardEstablishContext = cardLib.declare('SCardEstablishContext', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.DWORD, TYPES.DWORD, TYPES.LPCVOID, TYPES.LPCVOID, TYPES.LPSCARDCONTEXT);
var SCardListReaders = cardLib.declare(ifdef_UNICODE ? 'SCardListReadersW' : 'SCardListReadersA', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.LONG, TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT, TYPES.LPCTSTR, TYPES.LPTSTR, TYPES.LPDWORD);
var SCardFreeMemory = cardLib.declare('SCardFreeMemory', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.LONG, TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT, TYPES.LPCVOID);
var SCardReleaseContext = cardLib.declare('SCardReleaseContext', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.LONG, TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT);
// types, consts, and functions declarations complete, now lets use it
try {
var hSC = TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT();
var rez_SCEC = SCardEstablishContext(CONST.SCARD_SCOPE_SYSTEM, null, null, hSC.address());
if (rez_SCEC.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to establish context! error code was: ' + rez_SCEC + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_SCEC.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to establish context!');
}
try {
var reader_count = TYPES.DWORD();
var rez_SCLR = SCardListReaders(hSC, null, null, reader_count.address());
console.log('rez_SCLR:', rez_SCLR, rez_SCLR.toString());
if (rez_SCLR.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to get list of readers! error code was: ' + rez_SCLR + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_SCLR.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to get list of readers!');
}
console.log('parseInt(reader_count.value):', parseInt(reader_count.value));
var reader_names = TYPES.LPTSTR.targetType.array(parseInt(reader_count.value))();
console.log('reader_names.toString()', reader_names.toString());
console.log('reader_names.address().toString()', reader_names.address().toString());
var rez_SCLR = SCardListReaders(hSC, null, reader_names, reader_count.address());
console.log('rez_SCLR:', rez_SCLR, rez_SCLR.toString());
if (rez_SCLR.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to get list of readers! error code was: ' + rez_SCLR + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_SCLR.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to get list of readers!');
}
console.error('reader_names.toString()', reader_names.toString());
console.error('reader_names.address().toString()', reader_names.address().toString());
} finally {
var rez_release = SCardReleaseContext(hSC);
console.log('rez_release:', rez_release, rez_release.toString());
if (rez_release.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to release context! error code was: ' + rez_release + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_release.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to release context!');
}
}
} finally {
cardLib.close();
console.log('cardLib closed');
}
Send a special constant and a 0 buffer, and it will auto-allocate a buffer for you and change the address your 0 buffer points to - to this auto-allocated buffer, which you then have to free. This is seen here: GitHubGIST :: Noitidart / _ff-addon-snippet-WinAPI-listCardReadersAutoAlloc.js
Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm');
var is64bit = ctypes.voidptr_t.size == 4 ? false : true;
var ifdef_UNICODE = true;
var TYPES = {
ABI: is64bit ? ctypes.default_abi : ctypes.winapi_abi,
CALLBACK_ABI: is64bit ? ctypes.default_abi : ctypes.stdcall_cabi,
CHAR: ctypes.char,
DWORD: ctypes.uint32_t,
LONG: ctypes.long,
LPCVOID: ctypes.voidptr_t,
ULONG_PTR: is64bit ? ctypes.uint64_t : ctypes.unsigned_long,
WCHAR: ctypes.jschar
};
// advanced types - based on simple types
TYPES.LPSTR = TYPES.CHAR.ptr;
TYPES.LPCSTR = TYPES.CHAR.ptr;
TYPES.LPDWORD = TYPES.DWORD.ptr;
TYPES.LPCWSTR = TYPES.WCHAR.ptr;
TYPES.LPWSTR = TYPES.WCHAR.ptr;
TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT = TYPES.ULONG_PTR;
// advanced advanced types - based on advanced types
TYPES.LPCTSTR = ifdef_UNICODE ? TYPES.LPCWSTR : TYPES.LPCSTR;
TYPES.LPTSTR = ifdef_UNICODE ? TYPES.LPWSTR : TYPES.LPSTR;
TYPES.PSCARDCONTEXT = TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT.ptr;
TYPES.LPSCARDCONTEXT = TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT.ptr;
var CONST = {
SCARD_AUTOALLOCATE: TYPES.DWORD('0xffffffff'),
SCARD_SCOPE_SYSTEM: 2,
SCARD_SCOPE_USER: 0,
SCARD_S_SUCCESS: 0
};
var cardLib = ctypes.open('Winscard');
var SCardEstablishContext = cardLib.declare('SCardEstablishContext', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.DWORD, TYPES.DWORD, TYPES.LPCVOID, TYPES.LPCVOID, TYPES.LPSCARDCONTEXT);
var SCardListReaders = cardLib.declare(ifdef_UNICODE ? 'SCardListReadersW' : 'SCardListReadersA', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.LONG, TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT, TYPES.LPCTSTR, TYPES.LPTSTR.ptr, TYPES.LPDWORD);
var SCardFreeMemory = cardLib.declare('SCardFreeMemory', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.LONG, TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT, TYPES.LPCVOID);
var SCardReleaseContext = cardLib.declare('SCardReleaseContext', TYPES.ABI, TYPES.LONG, TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT);
// types, consts, and functions declarations complete, now lets use it
try {
var hSC = TYPES.SCARDCONTEXT();
var rez_SCEC = SCardEstablishContext(CONST.SCARD_SCOPE_SYSTEM, null, null, hSC.address());
if (rez_SCEC.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to establish context! error code was: ' + rez_SCEC + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_SCEC.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to establish context!');
}
try {
var reader_count = TYPES.DWORD('0xffffffff');
var reader_names = TYPES.LPTSTR();
console.log('reader_names.toString()', reader_names.toString());
console.log('reader_names.address().toString()', reader_names.address().toString());
var rez_SCLR = SCardListReaders(hSC, null, reader_names.address(), reader_count.address());
console.log('rez_SCLR:', rez_SCLR, rez_SCLR.toString());
if (rez_SCLR.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to get list of readers! error code was: ' + rez_SCLR + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_SCLR.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to get list of readers!');
}
console.error('reader_names.toString()', reader_names.toString());
console.error('reader_names.address().toString()', reader_names.address().toString());
var rez_free = SCardFreeMemory(hSC, reader_names);
console.log('rez_free:', rez_free, rez_free.toString());
if (rez_free.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to free the multi-string that lists the card readers! error code was: ' + rez_free + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_free.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to free the multi-string that lists the card readers!');
}
} finally {
var rez_release = SCardReleaseContext(hSC);
console.log('rez_release:', rez_release, rez_release.toString());
if (rez_release.toString() != CONST.SCARD_S_SUCCESS.toString()) {
console.error('failed to release context! error code was: ' + rez_release + ' in other terms it is: 0x' + rez_release.toString(16) + ' you can look up this error value here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa374738%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#smart_card_return_values');
throw new Error('failed to release context!');
}
}
} finally {
cardLib.close();
console.log('cardLib closed');
}