Guid.NewGuid Method

This is a convenient static method that you can call to get a new Guid.

The chance that the value of the new Guid will be all zeros or equal to any other Guid is very low. You can determine whether a GUID consists of all zeros by comparing it to Guid.Empty.

The following code example creates and displays the values of two Guid objects.

' This code example demonstrates the Guid.NewGuid() method. 
Imports System

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim g As Guid
' Create and display the value of two GUIDs.
        g = Guid.NewGuid()
        Console.WriteLine(g)
        Console.WriteLine(Guid.NewGuid())
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
' 
'This code example produces the following results: 
' 
'0f8fad5b-d9cb-469f-a165-70867728950e 
'7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7 
'

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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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