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.

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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

Platforms

Win32, x64

See Also

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

 

How to Disable the Automatic Loading of the default DICOM IOD Table

Example

For an example, refer to LDicomDS::SetCharValue.