Dmitry,
You can use System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N").SubString(24) to get a unique, 8-character string.
>I need to create a unique file name similar to way it is done with
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>SUBSTR(SYS(2015), 3, 10)
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in VFP.
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>Is there such a thing in .NET?
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>Thank you.