Xojo UUID Generator Class

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Hi everyone,

I made a small utility class in Xojo that generates RFC 4122-compliant UUID v4 values.
Nothing fancy, but it might be useful if you need unique identifiers for things like databases, files, API keys, etc.

It supports:

  • Standard hexadecimal format (with or without hyphens)
  • Base64 format (with padding)
  • Easy to use, no dependencies

URL link to the project on the github site: Xojo-UUID-Generator-Class

Or Download direct : UUID Generator Class project.zip (12.1 KB)

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could xojo include for all devs …

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Xojo should include UUID in the framework. V5 and V7 too.

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I have a fairly robust class at Beacon/Project/Modules/Beacon/UUID.xojo_code at master · thommcgrath/Beacon · GitHub though I bet there are ways to make it faster.

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I ran a test on a Mac Mini M2 Pro — this class takes 11 seconds to generate one million UUIDs, which I think is more than fast enough. Also, just because something looks more complex doesn’t mean it’s more efficient or robust — nothing beats simplicity.
I don’t understand why we should make it more complicated than that…

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Nice gift Fabrice.

Xojo should include this kind of thing in the framework, but until then, yours or Thoms are great open resources.

Tim

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Thanks Fabrice.

Henry

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