project BLF > class Win32Lib > method FormatGUID

function returns character

Description

Returns the "display" format of a GUID (convert bin representation to hex and provide '-' signs)

Parameters


icUnformattedGUIDinputcharacterUnformatted GUID

Internal usage


BLF
method Win32Lib.GetGUID

program code (program1/win32lib.p)

assign vcFormattedGUID = "":U. 

DO viCnt = 1 TO 16:
  assign vcFormattedGUID = vcFormattedGUID + <M-1 ConvertIntegerToHex (input  ASC(SUBSTR(icUnformattedGUID,viCnt,1,'character':U)) (iiIntValue)) in Win32Lib>.    

  if viCnt = 4 OR
     viCnt = 6 OR
     viCnt = 8 OR
     viCnt = 10
  THEN assign vcFormattedGUID = vcFormattedGUID + "-":U.
END. 

RETURN vcFormattedGUID.