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GUIDGen Developer Studio AddIn

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An Add-In that replaces and extends the GUID Generator component included with Developer Studio

Sample Image - GUIDGen.gif

Description

GUIDGen is an add-in that replaces and extends the GUID Generator component included with Developer Studio. It supports all the formats provided by the standard component, plus two other commonly-used formats. It also has the ability to directly insert the results in the IDE's text editor.

Installation

To install this VC add-in, copy GUIDGen.dll to the <devstudio>\SharedIDE\AddIn directory, where <devstudio> is your DevStudio directory. Restart DevStudio and the add-in will automatically be added. Go to the Tools|Customize menu item and click on the Add-Ins and Macro Files tab. Check the GUID Generator option and a new toolbar button will be added to DevStudio. The add-in will now be reloaded whenever DevStudio starts.

Usage

To use the GUID Generator add-in, click on the add-in button and select one of the options. The add-in will then insert a new GUID in the selected format in the current active document or copy the text to the clipboard.

Supported formats

  1. Using the IMPLEMENT_OLECREATE macro
    // {DEF47E1-E23A-11D3-B4D0-8208CCE0C829}
    IMPLEMENT_OLECREATE(<< class >>, << external_name >>,
    0x0DEF47E1, 0xE23A, 0x11D3, 0xB4, 0xD0, 0x82, 0x08, 0xCC, 0xE0, 0xC8, 0x29);
  2. Using the DEFINE_GUID macro
    // {DEF47E6-E23A-11D3-B4D0-8208CCE0C829}
    DEFINE_GUID(<< name >>,
    0xDEF47E6, 0xE23A, 0x11D3, 0xB4, 0xD0, 0x82, 0x08, 0xCC, 0xE0, 0xC8, 0x29);
  3. Creating a static GUID
    // {DEF47E8-E23A-11D3-B4D0-8208CCE0C829}
    static const GUID << name >> =
    { 0xDEF47E8, 0xE23A, 0x11D3, { 0xB4, 0xD0, 0x82, 0x08, 0xCC, 0xE0, 0xC8, 0x29 } };
  4. Using the standard registry format
    {DEF47EA-E23A-11D3-B4D0-8208CCE0C829}
  5. Using a "plain", undecorated format
    DEF47EC-E23A-11D3-B4D0-8208CCE0C829
  6. Using the uuid() format
    __declspec(uuid("DEF47EE-E23A-11D3-B4D0-8208CCE0C829"))

When selecting any of the first three formats, GUIDGen will work in "batch mode", creating a new GUID each time the "Insert" or "Copy" buttons are clicked, but the dialog will not be closed. The dialog will be closed when the "Exit" button is pressed. For the other formats the dialog will be closed after the button is pressed.

GUIDGen can optionally include an unformatted GUID as a comment for the first three supported formats.

Updates

02/12/2001Added a button to directly insert a new GUID in the selected format in the current active document.
03/08/2001Fixed "missing zeros in GUID" bug. Thanks to Joseph Dempsey for reporting it.
12/27/2001Added the option to generate "classic" GUIDs: those generated by UuidCreateSequential instead of UuidCreate. For security reasons, UuidCreate was modified so that it no longer uses a machine's MAC address to generate UUIDs. UuidCreateSequential was introduced to allow creation of UUIDs using the MAC address of a machine's Ethernet card.

License

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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralAddition To Programs.... Pin
Bishopds16-Jul-05 12:46
Bishopds16-Jul-05 12:46 
Would like to know if anyone has used this project with C++ Builder 6 and Python? If so is there any required adjustments?

Thanks,

D.S. Bishop
GeneralRe: Addition To Programs.... Pin
smithsan16-Dec-08 17:04
smithsan16-Dec-08 17:04 
GeneralVery nice !! Pin
WREY9-Jan-05 7:09
WREY9-Jan-05 7:09 
GeneralRe: Very nice !! Pin
Eddie Velasquez9-Jan-05 9:57
Eddie Velasquez9-Jan-05 9:57 
GeneralA little improvement Pin
Jorge Ramos8-May-04 22:34
Jorge Ramos8-May-04 22:34 
GeneralRe: A little improvement Pin
Eddie Velasquez9-May-04 2:38
Eddie Velasquez9-May-04 2:38 
GeneralDLL cannot be loaded Pin
pel-nn12-Feb-04 5:25
pel-nn12-Feb-04 5:25 
GeneralRe: DLL cannot be loaded Pin
Eddie Velasquez12-Feb-04 8:37
Eddie Velasquez12-Feb-04 8:37 
GeneralWindows CE Platform Builder 4.2 port Pin
joelw15-Jan-04 21:25
joelw15-Jan-04 21:25 
Generalwell improve ur way Pin
shaiza ashrf18-Dec-03 19:56
sussshaiza ashrf18-Dec-03 19:56 
GeneralRe: well improve ur way Pin
Eddie Velasquez19-Dec-03 0:42
Eddie Velasquez19-Dec-03 0:42 
GeneralRe: well improve ur way Pin
Magadass6-Apr-04 15:40
Magadass6-Apr-04 15:40 
GeneralExcellent! Pin
AAntix23-Nov-03 22:17
AAntix23-Nov-03 22:17 
GeneralRe: Excellent! Pin
Eddie Velasquez24-Nov-03 3:58
Eddie Velasquez24-Nov-03 3:58 
GeneralUnable to load DLL Pin
Bob Eastman15-Aug-02 8:42
Bob Eastman15-Aug-02 8:42 
GeneralRe: Unable to load DLL Pin
Eddie Velasquez15-Aug-02 9:11
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GeneralRe: Unable to load DLL Pin
Bob Eastman15-Aug-02 9:44
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