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: .NET CLR 3.5 or higher

Reference

DicomGlobal Class
DicomGlobal Members
Assume2022Escapes Property

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