After DocScanFx sends images to a DICOM destination the following INI options can be used to start an external program to perform any needed additional functions.


Note that all macro values are available as arguments to the specified third party program.  


Options can either be specified in the COMMON or the mode specific section of the INI file.  


The following example could be used to force DocScanFx to display the created images in the third party DICOM viewer application “MicroDicom” (a free DICOM image viewer) prior to returning to the DocScanFx user interface.  This is actually a handy example to enable when debugging because you can view the images outside of your PACS archive and see all their DICOM tags.


Note the use of the macro “{{DicomImageFolder}}" to tell MicroDicom where to find the DICOM image files:


PostStoreRunThirdPartyApp=C:\Program Files (x86)\DocScanFx\Resources\MicroDicom\mDicom.exe
PostStoreRunThirdPartyAppArgs="{{DicomImageFolder}}\" /scan
PostStoreRunThirdPartyAppWait=True



INI Options Explained:

  • PostStoreRunThirdPartyApp: [No Default]
    • Specify the full path to the program to be run.
  • PostStoreRunThirdPartyAppDir: [No Default]
    • If the application needs to run in a particular folder context, use this option to choose the folder.
  • PostStoreRunThirdPartyAppArgs: [No Default]
    • Use this value to specify any command line arguments to pass to the third party program.
  • PostStoreRunThirdPartyAppWait: [True / *False]
    • Decides if DocScanFx should wait for the third party application to finish executing before allowing DocScanFx to continue.