DicomDir Constructor()

Summary

Initializes a new instance of the DicomDir class.

Syntax

Objective-C

C++/CLI

public DicomDir()

- (instancetype)initWithDestinationFolder:(nullable NSString *)destinationFolder;

public: 
DicomDir();

Remarks

Please note that no DICOM file can be added to the DICOM Directory before specifying the destination folder of the DICOMDIR File. This folder can be specified using the method Reset.

Example

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Dicom; 
 
 
public class MyDicomDir : DicomDir 
{ 
   public MyDicomDir(string destinationFolder, string path) : base(destinationFolder, path) { } 
   public override DicomDirInsertFileCommand OnInsertFile(string fileName, DicomDataSet ds, DicomDirInsertFileStatus status, DicomExceptionCode code) 
   { 
      if (status == DicomDirInsertFileStatus.PreAdd) 
      { 
         string msg = string.Format("About to add the file '{0}'{1}{1}Proceed?", fileName, Environment.NewLine); 
         Console.WriteLine($"{msg}"); 
         return DicomDirInsertFileCommand.Continue; 
 
      } 
      else if (status == DicomDirInsertFileStatus.Success) 
      { 
         string msg = string.Format("The file '{0}' has been added successfully.", fileName); 
         Console.WriteLine(msg); 
      } 
      return DicomDirInsertFileCommand.Continue; 
   } 
}; 
 
public void CreateDicomDirectory() 
{ 
   //Make sure to initialize the DICOM engine, this needs to be done only once  
   //In the whole application 
   DicomEngine.Startup(); 
   using (MyDicomDir dicomDir = new MyDicomDir(null, null)) 
   { 
      bool autoSearch = true; 
      // Set the destination folder 
      dicomDir.Reset(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1")); 
      // Set the File-set Identifier 
      dicomDir.SetFileSetId("SOME ID"); 
      // Set some options 
      DicomDirOptions options = dicomDir.Options; 
      dicomDir.ResetOptions(); 
      options.IncludeSubfolders = true; 
      options.InsertIconImageSequence = false; 
      options.RejectInvalidFileId = true; 
      dicomDir.Options = options; 
 
      // Set the File-set descriptor file 
      string path = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1\README"); 
      dicomDir.SetDescriptorFile(path, null); 
 
      if (autoSearch) 
      { 
         try 
         { 
            dicomDir.InsertFile(null); 
         } 
         catch (Exception ex) 
         { 
            Console.WriteLine($"{ex.GetType().ToString()} {ex.Message}"); 
         } 
      } 
      else 
      { 
         // Load a Data Set and add it to the Directory 
         using (DicomDataSet ds = new DicomDataSet()) 
         { 
            ds.Load(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1\Image1"), DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None); 
            dicomDir.InsertDataSet(ds, Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1\IMAGE1")); 
         } 
 
         // Add some DICOM files to the Directory 
         dicomDir.InsertFile(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1\IMAGE2")); 
         dicomDir.InsertFile(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1\IMAGE3")); 
         dicomDir.InsertFile(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1\IMAGE4")); 
      } 
 
      // Test the DataSet 
      DicomElement first = dicomDir.DataSet.FindFirstElement(null, DicomTag.PatientID, false); 
      Console.WriteLine(first.Length.ToString()); 
 
      // Save the DICOMDIR File 
      dicomDir.Save(); 
      //We can now call something like this to call the DICOMDIR back 
      //dicomDir.Load(LeadtoolsExamples.Common.ImagesPath.Path + @"TEMP\DCMTEST\PATIENT1\DICOMDIR",DicomDataSetLoadFlags.LoadAndClose); 
   } 
   DicomEngine.Shutdown(); 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS22\Resources\Images"; 
}

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