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

Declaration:

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

Arguments:

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().