This returns a unique string of characters
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
namespace spCEPReports
{
public class UniqueKey
{
public static string GetUniqueKey()
{
int maxSize = 10;
//int minSize = 5;
char[] chars = new char[62];
string a;
a = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890";
chars = a.ToCharArray();
int size = maxSize;
byte[] data = new byte[1];
RNGCryptoServiceProvider crypto = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
crypto.GetNonZeroBytes(data);
size = maxSize;
data = new byte[size];
crypto.GetNonZeroBytes(data);
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(size);
foreach (byte b in data)
{
result.Append(chars[b % (chars.Length - 1)]);
}
return result.ToString();
}
}
}
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
public string GetUniqueKey()
{
int maxSize = 10;
//int minSize = 5;
char[] chars = new char[62];
string a;
a = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890";
chars = a.ToCharArray();
int size = maxSize;
byte[] data = new byte[1];
RNGCryptoServiceProvider crypto = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
crypto.GetNonZeroBytes(data);
size = maxSize;
data = new byte[size];
crypto.GetNonZeroBytes(data);
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(size);
foreach (byte b in data)
{
result.Append(chars[b % (chars.Length - 1)]);
}
return result.ToString();
}