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Type::GUID Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Gets the GUID associated with the Type.

Namespace:   System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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public:
property Guid GUID {
	virtual Guid get() abstract;
}

Property Value

Type: System::Guid

The GUID associated with the Type.

Implements

_Type::GUID

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

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.

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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 );
}

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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