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

In case when your code uses ATL/MFC you also could use CComBSTR::CComBSTR(REFGUID guid) from atlbase.h:

GUID guid = ...;
const CComBSTR guidBstr(guid);  // Converts from binary GUID to BSTR
const CString guidStr(guidBstr); // Converts from BSTR to appropriate string, ANSI or Wide

It will make conversion & memory cleanup automatically.