What is the purpose of creating a GUID tool in Visual Studio?

Question

Visual Studio has a GUID creation tool (Tools> Create GUID).

What is this for? Can you recall what you last used?

I just can’t imagine why I should copy the new GUID with this tool to the clipboard.

Answer 1

This is a very useful tool for those who develop and maintain COM components. Need to introduce a new class or interface open to the registry? You need a new GUID. With this tool, you click "New GUID", select "Registry Format", copy it to clipborad and paste it into the IDL file.

Answer 2

WiX (installer toolkit) for projects requires a lot of GUIDs. I use it often and often.

Answer 3

, GUID SQL Management Studio.

Answer 4

GUID , .

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System.Guid.NewGuid();

Answer 5

[Guid("8B92766B-825F-409d-BC32-B3723D617A93"), ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None), ProgId("Apollo.WS"), ComVisible(true)]
public sealed class WS : ServicedComponent, IWSFSAPLProxy {}

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