GUID Plugin

Generate GUID unique IDs

Syntax Rules

GuidPlugin Global Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, for example, %GUIDPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

• One line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Generate GUID unique IDs

• Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
  • Set DEBUG = 0

Plugin Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the server where TWiki is running.

• Download the package from the plugin home on twiki.org (see below)
• Put them as follows

  File:	Description:
  data/TWiki/GuidPlugin.txt	Plugin topic
  lib/TWiki/Plugins/GuidPlugin.pm	Plugin Perl module

• Test if the plugin is correctly installed:
  • %GUID_ID%: %GUID_ID%
  • %GUID_ID{type="str"}%: %GUID_ID{type="str"}%
  • %GUID_ID{type="bin"}%: %GUID_ID{type="bin"}%
  • %GUID_ID{type="hex"}%: %UNIQUE_ID{type="hex"}%
  • %GUID_ID{type="b64"}%: %UNIQUE_ID{type="b64"}%

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins