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#include "ltdic.h"
L_LTDIC_API L_UINT16 L_DicomSetOverlayAttributes(hDS, uOverlayIndex, pOverlayAttributes, uFlags)
| HDICOMDS hDS; | /* a DICOM handle */ | 
| L_UINT uOverlayIndex; | /* the overlay index */ | 
| pOVERLAYATTRIBUTES pOverlayAttributes; | /* pointer to the overlay attributes structure */ | 
| L_UINT uFlags; | /* flags that determine function behavior */ | 
Sets overlay attributes for a certain index.
| Parameter | Description | |
| hDS | A DICOM handle. | |
| uOverlayIndex | The index of the overlay for which to set the attributes. This index is zero-based. | |
| pOverlayAttributes | Pointer to a structure containing the overlay attributes to set. | |
| uFlags | Binary flags that determine the behavior of the function. Possible values are: | |
| 
 | Value | Meaning | 
| 
 | SET_OVERLAY_ATTRIB_NO_OVERRIDE | Set this flag if you don't want to update an overlay that already exists in the dataset. | 
Returns
| DICOM_SUCCESS | The function was successful. | 
| >0 | An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes. | 
Comments
Before calling this function, initialize pOverlayAttributes->uStructSize to be sizeof(OVERLAYATTRIBUTES) and initialize all the OVERLAYATTRIBUTES structure members.
Required DLLs and Libraries
| For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application | 
Win32, x64, Linux.
See Also
Example
//This function will delete all overlays in a dataset
L_UINT16 DeleteAllOverlays(HDICOMDS hDicomDS) // handle to Dicom DS
{
   L_UINT   uOverlayCount = 0;
   L_UINT16 uRet;
   L_UINT16 uOverlayIndex;
   uRet = L_DicomGetOverlayCount(hDicomDS,&uOverlayCount);
   if(DICOM_SUCCESS != uRet)
      return uRet;
   for(uOverlayIndex = 0 ; uOverlayIndex < uOverlayCount ; uOverlayIndex++)
   {
      uRet = L_DicomDeleteOverlay(hDicomDS,uOverlayIndex,0);
      if(DICOM_SUCCESS != uRet)
         return uRet;
   }
   return DICOM_SUCCESS;
}
// This function will store the overlays associated 
// with a bitmap handle inside the DICOM dataset
L_INT DicomSetOverlayAttributesExample(
   HDICOMDS hDicomDS,
   pBITMAPHANDLE pBitmap)
{
   OVERLAYATTRIBUTES OverlayAttributes;
   BITMAPHANDLE      OverlayBitmap;
   L_UINT            uOverlayCount;
   L_UINT            uOverlayIndex;
   L_INT             nLEADRet;
   L_UINT16          uDICOMRet;
   //(1)Sanity Check !
   if((NULL == pBitmap) || (NULL == hDicomDS))
      return DICOM_ERROR_NULL_PTR;
   //(2)Do we have any overlays at all ?
   nLEADRet = L_GetOverlayCount(pBitmap, &uOverlayCount, 0);
   if(SUCCESS != nLEADRet)
      return DICOM_ERROR_PARAMETER;
   // If no overlays just return
   if(0 == uOverlayCount)
      return DICOM_SUCCESS;
   //(3)Blow away all the overlays in the file
   uDICOMRet = DeleteAllOverlays(hDicomDS);
   if(DICOM_SUCCESS != uDICOMRet)
      return uDICOMRet;
   //(4) Loop through the overlays and add them into the DICOM file
   for(uOverlayIndex = 0 ; uOverlayIndex < uOverlayCount ; uOverlayIndex++)
   {
      memset(&OverlayAttributes    , 0 , sizeof(OVERLAYATTRIBUTES));
      memset(&OverlayBitmap        , 0 , sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE));
      // Get overlay attributes
      nLEADRet = L_GetOverlayAttributes(pBitmap, uOverlayIndex, &OverlayAttributes, sizeof(OverlayAttributes), OVERLAYATTRIBUTES_ORIGIN | OVERLAYATTRIBUTES_FLAGS | OVERLAYATTRIBUTES_BITINDEX | OVERLAYATTRIBUTES_DICOM);
      if(SUCCESS != nLEADRet)
         return DICOM_ERROR_PARAMETER;
      // Set overlay attributes inside DICOM
      uDICOMRet = L_DicomSetOverlayAttributes(hDicomDS,uOverlayIndex,&OverlayAttributes,0);
      if(DICOM_SUCCESS != uDICOMRet)
         return uDICOMRet;
      // burn overlays which need to be part of the image
      if(OverlayAttributes.uFlags &OVERLAY_USEBITPLANE)
      {
         nLEADRet =  L_UpdateBitmapOverlayBits(pBitmap, uOverlayIndex, SETOVERLAYBITS_FROMOVERLAY);
         if(SUCCESS != nLEADRet)
            return DICOM_ERROR_PARAMETER;
      }
      // Get the overlay data (if it's not part of the image)
      nLEADRet = L_GetOverlayBitmap(pBitmap, uOverlayIndex, &OverlayBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE), OVERLAY_NOCOPY);
      if(SUCCESS != nLEADRet)
         return DICOM_ERROR_PARAMETER;
      // Set overlay data into DICOM
      uDICOMRet = L_DicomSetOverlayBitmap(hDicomDS,uOverlayIndex,&OverlayBitmap,0);
      if(DICOM_SUCCESS != uDICOMRet)
         return uDICOMRet;
   }
   return DICOM_SUCCESS;
}