ArcObjects Library Reference (System)  

IUID Interface

Provides access to members that work with globally unique identifier objects.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

When To Use

Use the IUID interface to set the value of a UID object, set the subtype of the UID object, generate a new globally unique value, or compare two UID objects.

Members

Description
Method Compare Indicates if the two UID objects represent the same globally unique identifier.
Method Generate Creates a new globally unique value for the UID object.
Read/write property SubType The subtype of the UID object.
Read/write property Value The value of the UID object.

CoClasses that implement IUID

CoClasses and Classes Description
UID Unique Identifier Object.

See Also

UID Class

.NET Snippets

Add North Arrow | Add Scale Bar | Add Legend | Statements - Use a Tool in a Windows Form | Use Custom Tool on Windows Form | Retrieve Objects From Component Category | List ArcMap Visible Toolbars | Loop Through Layers of Specific UID |

.NET Samples

Create custom move, rotate, and scale GeometricEffects within a single project (Code Files: clsGE_Transform_Move clsGE_Transform_Rotate clsGE_Transform_Scale) | Temporal statistics (Code Files: MainForm) | Updating the purge rule on a real-time temporal layer (Code Files: TAPurgeRuleCmd) |

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