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Convert Guid To String

November 27, 2013 C / C++, DirectShow 2 comments

Having been pampered by C#, where Guid to string is so trivial, I had to return to an older c++ project and achieve the same thing. Just how hard can it be ? I mean, there’s even a StringFromCLISD function. True, no example of how to use it on MSDN and as with so many API calls the returned information is always in exactly the wrong format  - in this case OleStr. But we can fix that can’t we: Read more