Print a GUID variable

Question

I have a GUID variable and I want to write inside a text file its value. GUID definition is:

typedef struct _GUID {          // size is 16
    DWORD Data1;
             


        

Answer 1

Sometimes its useful to roll your own. I liked fdioff's answer but its not quite right. There are 11 elements of different sizes.

printf("Guid = {%08lX-%04hX-%04hX-%02hhX%02hhX-%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX}", 
  guid.Data1, guid.Data2, guid.Data3, 
  guid.Data4[0], guid.Data4[1], guid.Data4[2], guid.Data4[3],
  guid.Data4[4], guid.Data4[5], guid.Data4[6], guid.Data4[7]);

Output: "Guid = {44332211-1234-ABCD-EFEF-001122334455}"

Refer to Guiddef.h for the GUID layout.

Same, as a method:

void printf_guid(GUID guid) {
    printf("Guid = {%08lX-%04hX-%04hX-%02hhX%02hhX-%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX}", 
      guid.Data1, guid.Data2, guid.Data3, 
      guid.Data4[0], guid.Data4[1], guid.Data4[2], guid.Data4[3],
      guid.Data4[4], guid.Data4[5], guid.Data4[6], guid.Data4[7]);
}

you can also pass a CLSID to this method.