On 2017/4/28 19:38, Vincent Torri wrote:
> Hello
>
> in guiddef.h, a GUID is a struct organized as : 4 bytes, 2 bytes 2
> bytes and 8 times 1 byte
>
> but according to
> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd354925.aspx at the bottom :
>
> "The correct format of the GUID string is
> {CDEF7890-ABCD-1234-ABCD-1234567890AB} where 0-9, A-F symbolizes
> hexadecimal digits. "
>
> that is, the GUID structure should be organized as : 4 bytes, 2 bytes
> 2 bytes 2 bytes and 6 times 1 byte
>
> is it normal that the GUID structure does not follow the MSDN doc ?
It is because Microsoft's own version is defined like that and we 
shouldn't create the incompatibility.

Reference: 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa373931(v=vs.85).aspx

-- 
Best regards,
LH_Mouse


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