How do you create a new GUID in C++ in WinRT?

Question

The title says it all. What is the equivalent of the C# method Guid.NewGuid() in C++ WinRT?

Answer 1

Platform::Guid     A 128-bit nonnumeric value (a GUID) in the Platform namespace.

See Guid::Guid Constructor

Answer 2

You can use CoCreateGuid API to general GUID. Please follow these codes.

	GUID gdn;
	CoCreateGuid(&gdn);
	Guid gd(gdn);
	String^ guid=gd.ToString();

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
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