That would be an option except that my application needs 8 character file names.
Thanks, Joe On Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:57 PM, Paul Newton wrote: > >Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:57:55 +0100 >From: Paul Newton >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Try/Catch handling of Copy File errors > >Joe Yoder wrote: >> Thanks to all who responded. >> >> My use at this point is to create unique filenames on a server in a >> bulletproof way. >How about an approach based on GUIDs: > >The *CoCreateGuid* function may be used when it is necessary to obtain >an absolutely unique number that will be used as a persistent identifier >in a distributed environment. To a very high degree of certainty, this >function returns a unique value: that is, no other invocation, on the >same or any other system (networked or not), should return the same value. > >See > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q269/3/87.asp&NoWebContent=1 > > >Paul Newton > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
