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Guid::NewGuid Method ()

 

Initializes a new instance of the Guid structure.

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

public:
static Guid NewGuid()

Return Value

Type: System::Guid

A new GUID object.

This is a convenient static method that you can call to get a new Guid. The method wraps a call to the Windows CoCreateGuid function. The returned Guid is guaranteed to not equal Guid::Empty.

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

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Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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