Getting a GUID string during design time
If you ever need a GUID generated during design time (serviced components, unique ids), you could always use the [Tools]-[Create GUID] menu options in Visual Studio .NET 2003. However, I find that it is too many steps. I created a MACRO to do the same thing, and assigned a keyboard shortcut to the macro (ALT-G).
Here is the code I used for the MACRO (very simple):
1: Imports EnvDTE
2: Imports System.Diagnostics
3:
4: Public Module Palermo4.com
5: Sub GUID_Creator()
6: DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D").ToUpper()
7: End Sub
8: End Module