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L_DicomSendData

Summary

Sends a Data message to a connection.

Syntax

#include "ltdic.h"

L_LTDIC_API L_INT L_DicomSendData(hNet, nPresentationID, hCS, hDS)

Parameters

HDICOMNET hNet

A DICOM Network handle.

L_UCHAR nPresentationID

Presentation ID. The presentation ID provides information about both the class type of the data and the transfer syntax to use when transferring the data.

HDICOMDS hCS

A DICOM handle that references the command set that contains the actual command message.

HDICOMDS hDS

A DICOM handle that contains the actual data. This may be NULL if no data set is included.

Returns

Value	Meaning
DICOM_SUCCESS	The function was successful.
>0	An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes.

Comments

This is a low level means of sending DICOM messages and data. It allows you to send messages yourself, instead of using the high level message sending functions provided.

For more information about sending messages, refer to Sending Messages.

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, Linux.

Example

This example sends a Command Set message to a connection

L_INT DicomSendDataExample(HDICOMNET hNet) 
{ 
   L_INT nRet; 
   HDICOMDS hDS; 
   HDICOMDS hCS; 
 
   hDS = L_DicomCreateDS(NULL); 
   hCS = L_DicomCreateDS(NULL); 
 
   /* send a command set and a data set */ 
   L_DicomInitCS(hCS, COMMAND_C_STORE, TRUE); 
   L_DicomInitDS(hDS, CLASS_CR_IMAGE_STORAGE, 0); 
    
   /* client is sending data */ 
   nRet = L_DicomSendData(hNet, 1, hCS, hDS); 
 
   L_DicomFreeDS(hCS); 
   L_DicomFreeDS(hDS); 
 
   return nRet; 
}