Joe Yoder wrote: > Thanks to all who responded. > > My use at this point is to create unique filenames on a server in a > bulletproof way. How about an approach based on GUIDs:
The *CoCreateGuid* function may be used when it is necessary to obtain an absolutely unique number that will be used as a persistent identifier in a distributed environment. To a very high degree of certainty, this function returns a unique value: that is, no other invocation, on the same or any other system (networked or not), should return the same value. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q269/3/87.asp&NoWebContent=1 Paul Newton _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
