MED_ElemList_curr_data_item_get

This function gets the data item from the Current Data Element, and always returns it to you as a NULL-terminated character string.

Declaration:

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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI MED_ElemList_curr_data_item_get_string( HIGMEDELEMLIST hIGMedElemList, INT item_index, LPCHAR lpString, DWORD size_of_lpString );

Arguments:

Name	Type	Description
hIGMedElemList	HIGMEDELEMLIST	HIGMEDELEMLIST handle to the Data Element List object.
item_index	INT	Index of Data Item in Data Element.
lpString	LPCHAR	A far pointer to a CHARbuffer into which the data will be copied.
size_of_lpString	DWORD	Size of above buffer, lpString.

Return Value:

Returns the number of ImageGear errors that occurred during the function call.

Supported Raster Image Formats:

This function does not process image pixels.

Remarks:

The marker to the Current Data Element can be moved using one of the MED_DCM_DS_move_...() functions.

Data Elements can be of many different data types (int, word, bytes, float, double, string, etc.), but this function will always convert the data to a string. To return the data in its "natural form", use MED_DCM_DS_curr_data_get().