Seems like every piece of XML-code I recently write (mainly for WiX and MOSS these days) needs just about a dozen of GUIDs all over the place – well maybe just a bundle :=) … anyway!
OK, so guidgen.exe
is a lot of help, but it’s also kind of a PITA to leave the keyboard, grab the mouse, do the clicking … in this time you could think of a new GUID yourself! So there must be a better way – and there is!
Just create a simple macro returning a new GUID – and you’re all set.
- start a new macro-project, maybe rename the default-module to something more appropriate
- use
DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D").ToUpper()
to grab a new GUID
- assign the newly created macro a keyboard shortcut (tools\options\environment\keyboard) –
ALG+G
seems to be pretty intuitive
- ready to roll the GUIDs