DefaultCharacterSet Property

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Default Character to set to use if 0008,0005 is absent

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Property DefaultCharacterSet As String

'Usage
 
Dim value As String
 
DicomGlobal.DefaultCharacterSet = value
 
value = DicomGlobal.DefaultCharacterSet

public static string DefaultCharacterSet {get; set;}

public:
static property String^ DefaultCharacterSet {
   String^ get();
   void set (    String^ value);
}

Remarks

The official DICOM rule, if the specific character set (0008,0005) is absent is to use ISO_IR 6 - i.e. just 7 bit US ASCII. This however commonly causes problems since many modality equipment suppliers (especially in Europe & Japan) use extension characters in the range 128-255 but don't bother to include 0008,0005 in their data. This property allows the default to be changed, and the initial value is "ISO_IR 100", which permits and assumes use of European accented characters in the upper range. Fortunately, the lower raneg (0-127) of this character set is identical to US ASCII (ISO_IR 6), so this value does not break compatibility for valid ASCII-only data.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

DicomGlobal Class
DicomGlobal Members
Assume2022Escapes Property

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