LDicomDS::SetStringValue

#include "Ltdic.h"

L_BOOL LDicomDS::SetStringValue(pElement, pValue, nCount, uCharacterSet)

pDICOMELEMENT pElement;	/* pointer to a DICOMELEMENT structure */
L_TCHAR * pValue;	/* pointer to a character */
L_UINT32 nCount;	/* number of values to set */
L_UINT32 uCharacterSet;	/* character set for the input string */

Sets the string value(s) of a Data Element.

Parameter	Description
pElement	Pointer to a DICOMELEMENT structure within the Data Set.
pValue	Pointer to a or character string that contains the string value(s) to set. If you want to set multiple values in the Value Field, put all string values in this string and set nCount to the appropriate number of values.
nCount	Value that indicates the number of values to set in the Value Field. If you want to set multiple values in the Value Field, put all the string values in pValue and set nCount to the appropriate number.
uCharacterSet	Character set to use when inserting the input string. Possible values are:
	Value	Meaning
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_DEFAULT	Default repertoire (the default repertoire for character strings in DICOM), better known as ASCII
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_LATIN_ALPHABET_NO_1	Latin alphabet No. 1
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_LATIN_ALPHABET_NO_2	Latin alphabet No. 2
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_LATIN_ALPHABET_NO_3	Latin alphabet No. 3
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_LATIN_ALPHABET_NO_4	Latin alphabet No. 4
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_CYRILLIC	Cyrillic
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_ARABIC	Arabic
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_GREEK	Greek
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_HEBREW	Hebrew
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_LATIN_ALPHABET_NO_5	Latin alphabet No. 5
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_JAPANESE_JIS_X_0201	Japanese
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_THAI	Thai
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_KOREAN	Korean
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_UNICODE_IN_UTF8	Unicode in UTF-8
	DICOM_CHARACTER_SET_GB18030	GB18030

Returns

TRUE	The string value(s) were set successfully.
FALSE	Could not set the string value(s) of the Data Element.

Comments

Note: You must allocate the memory for pValue.

If you want to set more than one value in the Value Field of the Data Element, put all the string values in pValue and set nCount to the corresponding number of entries. For example, if you wish to set three string values in the Value Field of the Data Element, put all three strings in pValue, separated by the "0" delimiter and set nCount to three. For example, the illustration below shows a character string, containing three strings separated by the 0 delimiter.

$image\String.gif$

For more information on required delimiters between multiple values, refer to An Overview of the DICOM File Format and the DICOM Standard.

If more than one value is stored in the Value Field of the Data Element, you must set all values at the same time.

This function can be called only if the Value Representation of the Data Element is VR_AE, VR_CS, VR_LO, VR_LT, VR_SH, VR_ST, VR_UI, VR_UT, or VR_PN. For more information about Value Representations, refer to Default Value Representation Table.

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

Functions:	LDicomDS::SetBinaryValue, LDicomDS::SetShortValue, LDicomDS::SetLongValue, LDicomDS::SetFloatValue, LDicomDS::SetDoubleValue, LDicomDS::SetStringValue, LDicomDS::SetAgeValue, LDicomDS::SetDateValue, LDicomDS::SetTimeValue, LDicomDS::SetDateTimeValue
Topics:	Working with Data Sets
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