LDicomDS::SetConvertValue

#include "Ltdic.h"

L_BOOL LDicomDS::SetConvertValue(pElement, pszText, nCount)

pDICOMELEMENT pElement;

/* pointer to a DICOMELEMENT structure */

L_TCHAR *pszText;

/* character string */

L_UINT32 nCount;

/* number of items in pszText */

Converts a string and sets the value of an element.

Parameter

Description

pElement

Pointer to a DICOMELEMENT structure within the Data Set.

pszText

Character string that contains the string to be converted to 1 or more values.

nCount

Number of values in pszText.

Returns

TRUE

Function completed successfully.

FALSE

Function did not complete successfully.

Required DLLs and Libraries

LTDIC

For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application

See Also

Functions:

LDicomDS::GetConvertValue

Topics:

Working with Data Sets

Example

This example sets the value of an element.

L_INT LDicomDS_SetConvertValueExample()
{
   LDicomDS      *pDS;
   pDICOMELEMENT  pElement;
   pDS = new LDicomDS(NULL);
   pDS->InitDS( CLASS_NM_IMAGE_STORAGE, 0); 
   pElement = pDS->FindFirstElement(NULL, TAG_STUDY_DATE, FALSE);
   pDS->SetConvertValue(pElement, TEXT("01/02/1999"), 1);
   pElement = pDS->FindFirstElement(NULL, TAG_IMAGE_TYPE, FALSE);
   pDS->SetConvertValue(pElement, TEXT("DERIVED\\PRIMARY"), 2);
   pElement = pDS->FindFirstElement(NULL, TAG_IMAGE_POSITION_PATIENT, FALSE);
   pDS->SetConvertValue(pElement, TEXT("0.123\\0.456\\1.789"), 3);
   delete pDS;
   return DICOM_SUCCESS;
}