GuidConverter Class
Provides a type converter to convert Guid objects to and from various other representations.
For a list of all members of this type, see GuidConverter Members.
System.Object
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
System.ComponentModel.GuidConverter
[Visual Basic] Public Class GuidConverter Inherits TypeConverter [C#] public class GuidConverter : TypeConverter [C++] public __gc class GuidConverter : public TypeConverter [JScript] public class GuidConverter extends TypeConverter
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Remarks
This converter can only convert a globally unique identifier (GUID) object to and from a string.
For more information about type converters, see the TypeConverter base class and Implementing a Type Converter.
CAUTION You should never create an instance of a GuidConverter. Instead, call the GetConverter method of TypeDescriptor. For more information, see the examples in the TypeConverter base class.
Example
[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following sample converts a variable of type Guid to a string, and vice versa.
[Visual Basic] Dim myGuid As New Guid("B80D56EC-5899-459d-83B4-1AE0BB8418E4") Dim myGuidString As String = "1AA7F83F-C7F5-11D0-A376-00C04FC9DA04" Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myGuid).ConvertTo(myGuid, GetType(String))) Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myGuid).ConvertFrom(myGuidString)) [C#] Guid myGuid = new Guid("B80D56EC-5899-459d-83B4-1AE0BB8418E4"); string myGuidString = "1AA7F83F-C7F5-11D0-A376-00C04FC9DA04"; Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myGuid).ConvertTo(myGuid, typeof(string))); Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myGuid).ConvertFrom(myGuidString)); [C++] Guid myGuid(S"B80D56EC-5899-459d-83B4-1AE0BB8418E4"); String* myGuidString = S"1AA7F83F-C7F5-11D0-A376-00C04FC9DA04"; Console::WriteLine(TypeDescriptor::GetConverter(__box(myGuid))->ConvertTo(__box(myGuid), __typeof(String))); Console::WriteLine(TypeDescriptor::GetConverter(__box(myGuid))->ConvertFrom(myGuidString));
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Requirements
Namespace: System.ComponentModel
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family
Assembly: System (in System.dll)