Have you looked at
CLSIDFromString and
IIDFromString?

I use the first one for any GUIDs not necessary CLSID, and
this works as magic.

Hope this helps.
With Best regards,
Marina Nudelman

----------------------------------------------------------
Interactive Software Engineering Inc.
ISE Building, 360 Storke Road, Goleta CA 93117
805-685-1006, fax 805-685-6869,
Marina.Nudelmaneiffel.com
http://eiffel.com
----------------------------------------------------------

> Thanks.
>
> However, this defines a string. I want the end result
> to be a GUID that can be passed to a method as type
> REFIID.
>
> David
> >
> > Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 16:05:08 -0700
> > Reply-To: Distributed COM-Based Code
> > <DCOMDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM>
> > Sender: Distributed COM-Based Code
> > <DCOMDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM>
> > From: Marina Nudelman <marinaEIFFEL.COM>
> > Organization: ISE Inc.
> > Subject: Re: Defining guids in IDL
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > > The clients will compile the idl and include the
> > > headers. This is why I want the GUID's defined in
> > the
> > > IDL.
> > >
> > > Again, the best example of my intent is the
> > > IksPropertySet interface, and its use of a guid to
> > > define a property set. We have a similar
> > interface
> > > and I prefer to have the guids part of the IDL
> > code.
> > > So I need to define a "free-standing" GUID in idl,
> > and
> > > have the GUID definition part of the .h and _i.c
> > file.
> > > I do not see any way to do this other than a
> > > cpp_quote or a separate .h file. Both of which I
> > > wanted to avoid.
> > >
> > > Hope this makes sense.
> > >
> > Yes, it does.
> >
> > How about:
> >
> > [helpstring("Some GUID")]
> > const LPSTR someGUID=
> > "{2F0D8E08-A31A-4f65-AA59-F8A78E91DCBC}";
> >
> > MIDL swallows this nicely.
> >
> > With Best regards,
> > Marina Nudelman
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo!
Messenger
> http://im.yahoo.com
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Users Guide http://discuss.microsoft.com/archives/mailfaq.asp
> contains important info. Save time, search the archives at
> http://discuss.microsoft.com/archives/index.html .
> To unsubscribe, mailto:DCOM-signoff-requestDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
>

----------------------------------------------------------------
Users Guide http://discuss.microsoft.com/archives/mailfaq.asp
contains important info. Save time, search the archives at
http://discuss.microsoft.com/archives/index.html .
To unsubscribe, mailto:DCOM-signoff-requestDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]