GUIDs identify objects such as interfaces, manager entry-point vectors (EPVs), and class objects. A GUID is a 128-bit value consisting of one group of 8 hexadecimal digits, followed by three groups of 4 hexadecimal digits each, followed by one group of 12 hexadecimal digits. The following example GUID shows the groupings of hexadecimal digits in a GUID: 6B29FC40-CA47-1067-B31D-00DD010662DA

The GUID structure stores a GUID.

Syntax

typedef struct _GUID {
  DWORD Data1;
  WORD Data2;
  WORD Data3;
  BYTE Data4[8];
} GUID;

Members

Data1

Specifies the first 8 hexadecimal digits of the GUID.

Data2

Specifies the first group of 4 hexadecimal digits.

Data3

Specifies the second group of 4 hexadecimal digits.

Data4

Array of 8 bytes. The first 2 bytes contain the third group of 4 hexadecimal digits. The remaining 6 bytes contain the final 12 hexadecimal digits.

Remarks

GUIDs are the Microsoft implementation of the distributed computing environment (DCE) universally unique identifier ( UUID). The RPC run-time libraries use UUIDs to check for compatibility between clients and servers and to select among multiple implementations of an interface. The Windows access-control functions use GUIDs to identify the type of object that an object-specific ACE in an access-control list (ACL) protects.

Requirements

See Also

ACCESS_ALLOWED_OBJECT_ACE
ACE
ACL
UUID
UUID_VECTOR

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