SPUtility.GetGuidFromShortGuid method

This method is used to decode the "base64url" encoded string (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648) back to a normal GUID.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetGuidFromShortGuid ( _
    shortGuid As String _
) As Guid
'Usage
Dim shortGuid As String
Dim returnValue As Guid

returnValue = SPUtility.GetGuidFromShortGuid(shortGuid)

public static Guid GetGuidFromShortGuid(
    string shortGuid
)

Parameters

• shortGuid
  Type: System.String

Return value

Type: System.Guid
the Guid value

Remarks

The bases64url format is basically base 64 except that it: 1) replaces '+' with '-' 2) replaces '/' with '_' 3) trims '=' padding at the end

See also

Reference

SPUtility class

SPUtility members

Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities namespace