December 1, 2005 - WinTask - GetGUID

'
' GetGUID - Get a GUID (from the http://www.guidgen.com/Index.aspx site)
'
' Author: Joe Strazzere
'

Function GetGUID$()
  Local TempFile$
  Local Var$

  TempFile$="c:\jsstemp.txt"

  If Exist(TempFile$) then
      Kill(TempFile$)
  End If

  External("urlmon.dll", "URLDownloadToFileA", 0, "http://www.guidgen.com/Index.aspx", TempFile$, 0, 0)

  SetReadPos(TempFile$,0)
  Read(TempFile$, Var$)

  GetGUID$=ExtractBetween$(Var$,"class="+Chr$(34)+"yourguid"+Chr$(34)+">",excluded,"",excluded)

EndFunction

MsgBox(GetGUID$())

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