Problem with SITE_UID_ROOT length

[ybu]

Hi,

I want to set my own SITE_UID_ROOT. I am using CMake so as specified in the FAQ, I added the line:

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ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DSITE_UID_ROOT=\\\"my.site.uid.root\\\")

The problem is the length of my uid : 26. As dcmtk can add up to 48 characters, I am way over the 64 limit. I am already at 64 before the "counter" has been added

Does anyone know how I can go through that? (without changing my UID of course ).

[Marco Eichelberg]

Since you are using a different UID root anyway, you would be free to modify the UID generation algorithm to something different (shorter). Maybe you can invent something that is still unique. If you can guarantee that every instance of your software will always have a unique version number, that should be fairly trivial. If not (like with the generic DCMTK), things get much more complicated.