[Google-Desktop-Developer] Re: Task Tracker

On 1/17/06, macographer <matt.cowgur@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, it's finally time for me to ask about the CLSID. What's the best
> way for me to get one, since I don't have the generator that is
> included in Visual Studio? Can I just change one or two of the
> characters in a CLSID of a plugin I have? That doesn't seem to me to be
> a particularly good idea if I more people than just me want to use the
> plugin. Can I ask one of you, or someone else here to generate one for
> me?

You can write your own version. The API function to call can be any of
the following:
* CoCreateGuid() (prefered)
* UuidCreate()
* UuidCreateSequential()

You can then convert the GUID created by these to a string by calling
UuidToString().

.NET probably has some class to do this, too.

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