Re: [Jaccal-developers] Seeking Examples

[Thomas Tarpin-L. <th...@t-...>]

> I am new to Smart Card development, but not new to Java.  It would be
> helpful to see some examples of Jaccal.  Any links would be appreciated.

Some scripts example of Jaccal can be found and downloaded in the download
section. Among these examples, the one that shows how to read the file that
contains the address book (contacts file) in a SIM card is a good example of
how to use Jaccal APIs.
>
> I am trying to use a ACR38 Reader to access a PCSC card.  I don't know how
> the contents of the Smart Card is organized (Database, Filesystem), so I
> would also be interested in methods for discovering this.

Using a ACR38 should not be a problem as soon as this reader is a pcsc reader.
The only point to take care of is that the pcsc driver for this reader should
be installed as well with the pcsc ressource manager (the ressource manager is
a part of Win 98 SE, Win 2000 and Win XP and don't need to be installed on
these systems).
To learn a bit more about smart card file types, file organization and 
so on, my
first advice will be: reading the ISO7816 specifications. You will find 
all the
information you are seeking in this standard.
Here is a link to an extract of the 5th part of this standard:
http://www.cardwerk.com/smartcards/smartcard_standard_ISO7816.aspx

>
> Thanks in advance!
>

Sorry for the late reply, i was successively on leave for christmas back to
France and very nusy with my work to Singapore ...

Cheers

> --
>
> Steve Ingram
> ste...@gm...
>


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