Hmmm... NetBIOS names. Do you think it'll be better to use the API to get it or just use getenv('computername')?





>>I don't remeber where I found the below code, but thanks to the original author. I have a coupla questions on it, though.
>> 1. What is this Windows library based on (NIC, hd id, etc)?
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>If an Ethernet NIC is present, the primary NIC's MAC address is used as a part of the seed to make it globally unique , otherwise, there's a fairly complex mechanism, that is only guarenteed to be unique for a machine, so adding the NetBIOS name to the UUID string should be adequate to ensure uniqueness within a network environment. The MSDN entry on CreateUuid() is rather specific about the uniqueness guarentee.
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>> 2. How do I know these are "really" unique across time & space?
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>>Function getUUID
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>>*-- The UUID Create function is in this library
>>DECLARE Integer UuidCreate IN C:\Windows\System\RPCRT4.DLL ;
>> String @ UUID && note that mixed case is important for UuidCreate
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>>*-- Create a buffer
>>lcUUID = Space(16)