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Function name : UuidCreate

Group: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) - Library: rpcrt4

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Creates a new UUID.

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Code examples:

Generating random UUID values

Declaration:

RPC_STATUS RPC_ENTRY UuidCreate(
	UUID __RPC_FAR *Uuid
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER UuidCreate IN Rpcrt4;
	STRING @Uuid  

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Parameters:

Uuid Returns a pointer to the created UUID.

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Return value:

Returns RPC_S_OK (0) if the call succeeded.

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Comments:

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.

Read article GUIDs and UUIDs explained on the BetterExplained.

See also: UuidCreateSequential, UuidCreateNil, CoCreateGuid.

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