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Tool Tip: Create a list of Globally Unique IDs with TurboGUID
I’m proud to announce the launch of a little website called TurboGUID. I put this site together out of frustration having to manually generate unique ids for my work.
TurboGUID - Create a list of Globally Unique IDs
Sometimes I need to create a bunch of GUIDs for my work but generally you can only create one at a time. There are a number of ways to create them, but I normally use the Microsoft utility guidgen.exe - recently I had to create over a hundred GUIDs so I figured I should just spend a little bit of time writing some code to do it for me. Simple code, but definitely a time saver!
This release is only iteration one so if you have any comments or suggestions on extra features then please leave me a message and I’ll add your suggestions to a future iteration.
If you’re asking what a GUID is or what you might use one for, you may want to read the next website:
GUID wiki - Another wiki post that describes more than I care to on my own site
Enjoy!
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You’re not still using “cmd” as your command line are you? If you are, shame on you! We all know that using a command line is more powerful and quicker for low level tasks. Don’t rely on your nice shiny Windows user interface because it’ll only slow you down and can’t give you the power that a good command line can.
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