What's the purpose of Create GUID tool in Visual Studio?

Visual Studio has a Create GUID tool (Tools > Create GUID).

What is it for? Can you remember what was the last time you used it?

I just can't imagine why i should copy into the clipboard a new GUID with that tool.

Upvotes: 5

Answers (5)

Rodrigo

Reputation: 4395

[Guid("8B92766B-825F-409d-BC32-B3723D617A93"), ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None), ProgId("Apollo.WS"), ComVisible(true)]
public sealed class WS : ServicedComponent, IWSFSAPLProxy {}

Here you have. That GUID came from the Create GUID tool

Upvotes: 0

Maciek

Reputation: 19903

GUIDs are very useful when you wish to create a unique identifier to a resource.

In C# you can use :

System.Guid.NewGuid();

Upvotes: 1

UserControl

Reputation: 15179

WiX (installer toolkit) projects require a lot of GUIDs. I use it often and often.

Upvotes: 4

sharptooth

Reputation: 170569

It's a very useful tool for those who develop and maintain COM components. Need to introduce a new registry-exposed class or interface? You need a new GUID. With this tool you click "New GUID", select "Registry format", copy it to the clipborad and then paste into a IDL file.

Upvotes: 8

user151323

Reputation:

I've used it many times to get a GUID without having to write and run some code or open SQL Management Studio.

Upvotes: 3

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