DicomObjects.NET
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We have been promising the "final" release of DicomObjects.NET for a long time, but the new version of DicomObjects which is pure .NET code has now finally been released as both a full instllation routine, and also as a simple DLL for those wishing to update. It is available for download.
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Information you need to get started
A lot of information is needed to get started on using the .NET version, and of course some of this is well known to those that have been doing the beta testing, so rather than put it into one large report, it has been broken up into smaller more manageable articles:
- See In House Licensing Scheme for details of the new licensing control system, complete with Licensing FAQs.
- See DicomObjects.NET_Deployment for questions and answers relating to how to deploy the .NET version, especially questions about which DLLs to include and where to put them. Although most of the issues with dependent DLLs should be less concern on development machines, you may find this article useful if you encounter missing DLL issues.
- For COM users who wish to move to .NET, you may find the conversion page useful.
- Those who used early beta copies may find several changes in the release version. Check the Beta 2 and Beta 3 for more information about changes we've made in the latest versions.
- As changes are made to this version (in response to user problem reports or requests), they are listed on the New Version Updates page.
- Note that the version number for the "official" release has been incremented to 5.6, so you may need to rebuild your applications to use the new version.
- We have made a set of sample programs available which use these latest versions - see DicomObjects Sample Programs
FAQs
- If you have downloaded the "Stand-Alone" help file and find there is no content on the right-hand pane (if you get "The page cannot be displayed" error) then please let us know.
Downloads
Last update for all DLLs and help file: September 10th 2008. These all use the new 'in-house' licensing scheme.
The following download packages should containing everything that you need to get started with this "final" version:
- Full Installer package
- http://www.medicalconnections.co.uk/download/DicomObjects.NET.setup.exe
- Raw DLL
- http://www.medicalconnections.co.uk/download/DicomObjects.NET.zip
- Simply unzip into a directory, and reference from your project, either directly (for server application) or by installing to the Visual Studio toolbar, and then dragging a DicomViewer onto a form.
- The help file
- http://www.medicalconnections.co.uk/download/DicomObjects.NET.2.0.chm
- Tis a stand-alone CHM file, but fully integrated Help 2 (for visual studio) is available through the full installer setup routine.
- If you have trouble displaying this file, then see: Security Issues for Displaying CHM files
- Samples
- Available from DicomObjects Sample Programs
Licensing
In order to use DicomObjects, you will also need a license code, and this is available from Medical Connections on request. Full details, including how to get and use codes for end-user systems can be found in the In House Licensing Scheme article, but please do make sure that the developer license you are given is only used for genuine development and testing machines....your customers may not appreciate the screen telling them every 10 days that this application is not licensed for production use! In order to allow you to experiment with activations and to avoid conflict with final commercial licenses, trial end-user licenses which are only valid for 2 weeks, are also available on request.
CLR 1.1 Version
The 1.1 version has now been officially "retired". We have only had one request for it in the last year, and wished to move to using the better facilities for security etc. in 2.0.
