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GUID generation

Hey :). How should I generate a GUID?

I see things like these defined in many Foobar components:

static const GUID guid_cfg_bogoSetting1 = { 0xbd5c777, 0x735c, 0x440d, { 0x8c, 0x71, 0x49, 0xb6, 0xac, 0xff, 0xce, 0xb8 } };

How do I generate a GUID in a proper way (other than the obvious of just randomizing values manually which is prone to yielding some value that was already created by somebody.

Re: GUID generation

Reply #1 –
Visual Studio comes with a tool called GUID Generator. Look for guidgen with your start menu search.

Re: GUID generation

Reply #2 –
Or in Visual Studio: menu Tools -> Create GUID

Re: GUID generation

Reply #3 –
Thank you both :). I didn't have it in the Start Menu but I found it in Program Files. I see it's the same thing VS invokes from Tools. Can generate exactly the output I need. Purrfect :).