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.NET Framework Class Library
Type..::.GUID Property

Gets the GUID associated with the Type.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property GUID As Guid
public abstract Guid GUID { get; }
public:
virtual property Guid GUID {
	Guid get () abstract;
}
abstract GUID : Guid

Property Value

Type: System..::.Guid
The GUID associated with the Type.

Implements

_Type..::.GUID
Remarks

A GUID is associated with a type using the GuidAttribute attribute.

Examples

The following example creates the class MyClass1 with a public method, creates a Type object corresponding to MyClass1, and gets the Guid structure using the GUID property of the Type class.



Imports System

Class MyGetTypeFromCLSID

    Public Class MyClass1

        Public Sub MyMethod1()
        End Sub 'MyMethod1

    End Class 'MyClass1

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Get the type corresponding to the class MyClass.
        Dim myType As Type = GetType(MyClass1)
        ' Get the object of the Guid.
        Dim myGuid As Guid = CType(myType.GUID, Guid)
        Console.WriteLine(("The name of the class is " + myType.ToString()))
        Console.WriteLine(("The ClassId of MyClass is " + myType.GUID.ToString()))
    End Sub 'Main 
End Class 'MyGetTypeFromCLSID


using System;

class MyGetTypeFromCLSID
{
    public class MyClass1
    {
        public void MyMethod1()
        {
        }
    }
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Get the type corresponding to the class MyClass.
        Type myType = typeof(MyClass1);
        // Get the object of the Guid.
        Guid myGuid =(Guid) myType.GUID;
        Console.WriteLine("The name of the class is "+myType.ToString());
        Console.WriteLine("The ClassId of MyClass is "+myType.GUID);				
    }
}


using namespace System;
ref class MyGetTypeFromCLSID
{
public:
   ref class MyClass1
   {
   public:
      void MyMethod1(){}
   };
};

int main()
{

   // Get the type corresponding to the class MyClass.
   Type^ myType = MyGetTypeFromCLSID::MyClass1::typeid;

   // Get the Object* of the Guid.
   Guid myGuid = (Guid)myType->GUID;
   Console::WriteLine( "The name of the class is {0}", myType );
   Console::WriteLine( "The ClassId of MyClass is {0}", myType->GUID );
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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