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# IDLffDICOM::DumpElements

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The IDLffDICOM::DumpElements procedure method dumps a description of the DICOM data elements of the IDLffDICOM object to the screen or to a file.

## Syntax

Obj->[IDLffDICOM::]DumpElements [, Filename]

## Arguments

### Filename

A scalar string containing the full path and filename of the file to which to dump the elements. The file is written as ASCII text.

## Keywords

None

## Examples

The columns output by DumpElements are the element reference, the (group, element) tuple, the value representation, the description, the value length, and some of the data values.

; Create a DICOM object, read a DICOM file and dump its contents:

obj = OBJ_NEW( 'IDLffDICOM' )

var = obj->Read(DIALOG_PICKFILE(FILTER='*'))

obj->DumpElements

; Dump the contents of the current DICOM object to a file under

; Windows:

obj->DumpElements, 'c:\exelis\elements.dmp'

; Dump the contents of the current DICOM object to a file under

; UNIX:

obj->DumpElements, '/exelis/elements.dmp'

OBJ_DESTROY, obj

## Version History

5.2 | Introduced