James,

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please feel free to 
contact [email protected]. 

Very Best R:egards,

Razzak. 

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On Jan 9, 2011, at 1:48 PM, "James W. Kim" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Razzak,
> 
> Thank you for the explanation.  I will look into it further.
> 
> -- James
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[email protected]>
> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 8:54 PM
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: crypt() Linux function in R:Base?
> 
> 
>> At 07:21 PM 1/8/2011, James W. Kim wrote:
>> 
>>> Since I am not versed in low level programming language, it appears
>>> R:GUID.RBL may be the way I should proceed.  I assume R:GUID.RBL is
>>> some kind of plug-in to R:Base just like R:Mail?
>> 
>> James,
>> 
>> Yes, R:GUID is an eXclusive R:BASE Plugin (RGUID9.RBM) that can be used with
>> your version of R:BASE eXtreme 9.x.
>> 
>> Technically, R:GUID is used to generate a GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier)
>> value, in order to provide a reference number which is unique in any context.
>> GUIDs are most commonly written in text as a sequence of hexadecimal digits
>> such as:
>> 
>> 3F2504E0-4F89-11D3-9A0C-0305E82C3301
>> 
>> This text notation contains the following fields, separated by hyphens:
>> 
>> Hex digits Description
>> ---------- -------------------------------
>> 8          Data1
>> 4          Data2
>> 4          Data3
>> 4          Initial two bytes from Data4
>> 12         Remaining six bytes from Data4
>> 
>> For the first three fields, the most significant digit is on the left.
>> The last two fields are treated as eight separate bytes, each having
>> their most significant digit on the left, and they follow each other
>> from left to right.
>> 
>> Note that the digit order of the fourth field may be unexpected, since
>> it's treated differently than in the structure.
>> 
>> Often braces are added to enclose the above format, as such:
>> 
>> {3F2504E0-4F89-11D3-9A0C-0305E82C3301}
>> 
>> Syntax:
>> 
>> PLUGIN RGUID vResult|Parameter
>> 
>> Parameter:
>> 
>> SYMBOLS ON/OFF Adds or removes the braces and hyphens from the GUID value
>> 
>> Notes:
>> 
>> · vResult will return the values of the GUID, or the exact -ERROR- message
>> · The variable name and the parameter must be separated by a "|" pipe 
>> character.
>> · By default, SYMBOLS is ON
>> 
>> -- Example 01:
>> 
>> PLUGIN RGUID vResult|SYMBOLS OFF
>> SHOW VAR vResult=45
>> D5C3F23AAB5F4FE08E18926DB30A4AA2
>> 
>> -- Example 02:
>> 
>> PLUGIN RGUID vResult|SYMBOLS ON
>> SHOW VAR vResult=45
>> {8DAD80AE-9685-4418-88AA-7BC75513C531}
>> 
>> Each instance and iteration of the "Plugin RGUID parameter" command will
>> generate a UNIQUE value!
>> 
>> Hope that helps!
>> 
>> Very Best R:egards,
>> 
>> Razzak.
>> 
> 
> 


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