CreateGUID

Create a new GUID

Declaration

Source position: sysutilh.inc line 260

  function CreateGUID(out GUID: TGUID) : Integer;

Description

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.

Errors

On error, a nonzero return value is returned.

See also

Name	Description
GUIDCase	Return the index of a GUID in an array of GUID values
GUIDToString	Convert a TGUID to a string representation.
IsEqualGUID	Check whether two TGUID variables are equal.
StringToGUID	Convert a string to a native TGUID type.
TryStringToGUID	Try to transform a string to a GUID