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Function name : CoCreateGuid

Group: COM - Library: ole32

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Creates a GUID, a unique 128-bit integer used for CLSIDs and interface identifiers.

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Code examples:

How to generate GUID values

Declaration:

HRESULT CoCreateGuid(
  GUID * pguid
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER CoCreateGuid IN ole32;
	STRING @ pguid  

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Parameters:

pguid [out] Pointer to the requested GUID on return.

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Return value:

Returns S_OK (0) if the GUID has been successfully created.

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Comments:

To a very high degree of certainty, this function returns a unique value – no other invocation, on the same or any other system (networked or not), should return the same value.

Read article GUIDs and UUIDs explained on the BetterExplained.

See also: StringFromGUID2, UuidCreate.

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