[RESOLVED] Get the GUID of the Application

[Kasracer]

How can I get the GUID of an application?

I found this code on the net:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute guid = (System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute)System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetCustomAttributes(System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute, false);
guid.ToString();

The space is for GetCustomAttributes(). No idea why vBull breaks up a line in code tags via HTML so it inserts a space

However, it gives me an error stating GetCustomAttributes requires a Type in the first parameter. I thought I was giving it a type?

Is there a better way to do this or what is the problem with my code?

Also, if I put this code into a DLL, will it give me the GUID of my DLL or the Application calling the DLL?

[jmcilhinney]

It needs an instance of the Type class, which means you need to pass it typeof(System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute).

[mendhak]

If I'm not mistaken, the assembly itself gets the GUID of the type it has. Have you checked the Type.Guid property?

Dim myType As Type = GetType(YOURCLASSNAME)
            ' Get the object of the Guid.
            Dim myGuid As Guid = CType(myType.GUID, Guid)
            Console.WriteLine(("The name of the class is " + myType.ToString()))
            Console.WriteLine(("The ClassId of MyClass is " + myType.GUID.ToString()))

That's from MSDN. Sure you can convert it.

[Kasracer]

Thanks guys