IncludeSubfolders Property

Summary

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the method InsertFile should add the DICOM files in the subfolders of the destination folder (when the method is passed a null reference (Nothing in VB)).

Syntax

Objective-C

C++/CLI

public bool IncludeSubfolders { get; set; }

@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL includeSubfolders;

public: 
property bool IncludeSubfolders { 
   bool get(); 
   void set (    bool value); 
}

Property Value

true to add the files in the subfolders of the destination folder to the DICOM Directory; false to add only the files in the destination folder to the DICOM Directory.

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"; 
}

Requirements

Target Platforms

Reference

DicomDirOptions Structure

DicomDirOptions Members

InsertFile Method

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