Public Function Delete( _
   ByVal iod As DicomIod _
) As DicomIod

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Dim instance As DicomIodTable Dim iod As DicomIod Dim value As DicomIod   value = instance.Delete(iod)

public DicomIod Delete( 
   DicomIod iod
)

public:
DicomIod^ Delete( 
   DicomIod^ iod
) 

Parameters

iod

The item to be deleted.

Return Value

• You can remove all items from the IOD Structure using DicomIodTable.Reset.
• Since the IOD Structure is stored internally as a tree, the deletion must be carried out as a tree.
• Since the IOD Structure is stored internally as a tree, the deletion must be carried out as a tree.
• Below are illustrations of these situations:
  
  For the sake of these illustrations, the order of siblings is top to bottom. A preceding sibling is drawn above the sibling it precedes, a following sibling is drawn below the sibling it follows.
  
  Please note that the numbering of the items of interest is arbitrary, and does not imply order.
  
  In this illustration item 2 will be deleted. Since it has a following sibling, the returned class will be item 3.
  
  
  
  In this illustration item 3 will be deleted. Since it does not have a following sibling, but does have a preceding sibling, the returned class will be item 2.
  
  In this illustration item 2 will be deleted. Since it is an only child, the returned class will be the parent, item 1.
  
  In this illustration item 1 will be deleted. Since it has no siblings and no parent, this method will return null.
  
  

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Server 2008 family

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