GUID stands for Global Unique IDentifier. It is a 32bit unique value, used in
many things to uniquely identify an object such as a bluetooth service or a
record in a database. The chances of a GUID being the same are fairly low
especially if only used within a specific project.
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This utility creates a new GUID in numerous formats using the .Net Frameworks
Guid.NewGuid
Dim g As New System.Guid = Guid.NewGuid()
System.Guid g = new Guid.NewGuid();
Use the .tostring method to retrieve the GUID in a string format
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Format
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Return Value
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B
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32 digits separated by hyphens and enclosed in brackets
{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
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D
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32 digits separated by hyphens
xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
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N
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32 digits
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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P
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32 digits separated by hyphens and enclosed in parentheses
(xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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