DICOM @ OFFIS

:?: All of the programs print the message Warning: no data dictionary loaded, check environment variable: DCMDICTPATH then seem to produce strange results. :!: The DICOM data dictionary could not be loaded. It has probably not been properly installed. The default location for this file (under Unix) ...

:?: All of the programs load a data dictionary from the text file "/usr/local/dicom/lib/dicom.dic" before they can do anything. The overhead for this flexibility is very high. I want my programs to start much faster. :!: You can use a built-in in data dictionary instead. The code for this ...

:?: I'm using a Nextstep system. I run the configure script but it claims that my compiler is a cross-compiler (produces the message: 'checking whether cross-compiling... yes') and produces nonsense results. :!: Your compiler seems to be producing code which cannot always be executed. There seems to...

:?: Does DCMTK compile on Microsoft Windows? :!: Yes, DCMTK supports both 32 and 64 bit Windows platforms. Look at the INSTALL file for instructions on how to compile under Windows. Notes: The last DCMTK version to officially support Windows 95/98/ME was DCMTK 3.5.1 (2001), using Microsoft Visual C+...

:?: Where is rest of the documentation? :!: All of the available DCMTK documentation is distributed in the DCMTK package. There is documentation about how to configure and run the programs. What is missing is documentation about how to use the libraries. Currently, the only way to learn how to use t...

:?: None of the programs do anything, they all crash as soon as they get started! :!: We have received reports of configuration problems relating to a GNU C++ library libiostream.a. This library was part of older (pre 2.7 ??) releases and is incompatible with newer versions of the GNU C++ library. I...