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Create a new GUID
Source position: sysutilh.inc line 260
| function CreateGUID( | 
| out GUID: TGUID | 
| ):Integer; | 
CreateGUID can be called to create a new GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) value. The function returns the new GUID value in GUID and returns zero in case the GUID was created successfully. If no GUID was created, a nonzero error code is returned.
The default mechanism for creating a new GUID is system dependent. If operating system support is available, it is used. If none is available, a default implementation using random numbers is used.
The OnCreateGUID callback can be set to hook a custom mechanism behind the CreateGUID function. This can be used to let the GUID be created by an external GUID creation library.
On error, a nonzero return value is returned.
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 | Return the index of a GUID in an array of GUID values | |
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 | Check whether two TGUID variables are equal. | |
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 | Convert a string to a native TGUID type. | |
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 | Try to transform a string to a GUID | |
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 | Convert a TGUID to a string representation. |