What's the C++ version of Guid.NewGuid()?

Question

I need to create a GUID in an unmanaged windows C++ project. I\'m used to C#, where I\'d use Guid.NewGuid(). What\'s the (unmanaged windows) C++ vers

Answer 1

To get in guid in std::string on Windows

#include 
#include 

std::string getGUID()
{
    std::string result{};
    GUID guid;

    if (S_OK == CoCreateGuid(&guid))
    {
        std::array buffer{};   //32 characters of guid + 4 '-' in-between

        snprintf(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), "{%08x-%04x-%04x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x}",
                guid.Data1, guid.Data2, guid.Data3, guid.Data4[0], guid.Data4[1], guid.Data4[2], guid.Data4[3], guid.Data4[4], guid.Data4[5], guid.Data4[6], guid.Data4[7]);
        result = std::string(buffer.data());
    }

    return result;
}