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DicomObjects Reference / DicomConnection Object / ReadURL Method
The URL to fetch the image from
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    ReadURL Method
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    Description
    Reads an image asynchronously from a network URL
    Syntax
    Visual Basic
    Public Sub ReadURL( _
       ByVal URL As Variant _
    ) 
    Parameters
    URL
    The URL to fetch the image from
    Remarks

    The URL may begin http://, https://, ftp://, gopher:// or file://, and the appropriate access method will be used.  Note that for local files, security restrictions apply.
    Where authentication is required, the standard format may be used:

    ReadURL(“http://username:password@servername/path”)

    This method can read either official “Part10” format files with the 128 byte header, or unofficial “Part3” format files without a header, and detection of the type is automatic.
    The file may have been written by the WriteFile method or by other DICOM software.

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