ReadURL Method

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Description

Reads a dataset from a network location

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function ReadURL( _ ByVal URL As String _ ) As DicomDataSet

Parameters

URL: The fully qualified URL of the object to be read.
This is passed unmodified to the operating system, and it is therefore the container’s responsibility to ensure that a fully qualified, accessible URL is provided.

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.