The following code generates a Version 4 UUID. I need to convert it to generate a Version 5 but cannot find any clear documentation on generating a Version 5 UUID using the Microsoft ole32.dll CoCreateGuid function:
Private Declare PtrSafe Function CoCreateGuid Lib "ole32.dll" (guid As GUID_TYPE) As LongPtr
Private Declare PtrSafe Function StringFromGUID2 Lib "ole32.dll" (guid As GUID_TYPE, ByVal lpStrGuid As LongPtr, ByVal cbMax As Long) As LongPtr
Private Type GUID_TYPE
Data1 As Long
Data2 As Integer
Data3 As Integer
Data4(7) As Byte
End Type
Public Function GetGUID() As String
Dim guid As GUID_TYPE
Dim strGuid As String
Dim retValue As LongPtr
Const guidLength As Long = 39 'registry GUID format with null terminator {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
retValue = CoCreateGuid(guid)
If retValue = 0 Then
strGuid = String$(guidLength, vbNullChar)
retValue = StringFromGUID2(guid, StrPtr(strGuid), guidLength)
If retValue = guidLength Then
' valid GUID as a string
GetGUID = Mid$(strGuid, 2, 36)
End If
End If
End Function