Re: _GENUUID

[Loyd Goodbar <loyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Change the line

frcb.cvtto = cvttolower;

to

frcb.cvtto = cvttoupper;

to return upper case. Better, add a parameter for upper / lower case
support.

Thanks,
Loyd

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Loyd Goodbar <loyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I posted code to http://code.midrange.com/9302347bd1.html to return a
> UUID in human-readable form. You may want to change the FRCB in the
> getUUIDstring procedure to use upper case if desired; by default it is
> lower case.
>
> Thanks,
> Loyd
>
>  On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jack Tucky <jacktucky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I have a requirement where I need to create file names on the IFS named
> > like
> > this:
> >
> > {7B56C5B9-BA9D-4E24-A77F-5369CE05BA09}.txt
> >
> > We were told they are named using a guid.
> >
> > I found some code in the archives to call the GENUUID and return the data
> > structure.
> >
> > D UUID_T          DS                  ALIGN
> > D  BytesProv                    10U 0 inz(32)
> > D  BytesAvail                   10U 0 inz(0)
> > D  Reserved                      8    inz(*allx'00')
> > D  UUID                         16    inz(*allx'00')
> >
> > During debug, the UUID value contains different characters.  How do I
> > convert the returned UUID into something readable?
> > Thanks, Jack