| NAME | 
MAG DICOM HL7 POINTER ACTION | 
| TAG | 
HL7PTR | 
| ROUTINE | 
MAGDRPC8 | 
| RETURN VALUE TYPE | 
SINGLE VALUE | 
| AVAILABILITY | 
RESTRICTED | 
| INACTIVE | 
ACTIVE | 
| CLIENT MANAGER | 
0 | 
| WORD WRAP ON | 
TRUE | 
| VERSION | 
3 | 
| SUPPRESS RDV USER SETUP | 
No | 
| DESCRIPTION | 
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+
 | a medical device.  As such, it may not be changed in any way. |
 | Modifications to this software may result in an adulterated   |
 | medical device under 21CFR820, the use of which is considered |
 | to be a violation of US Federal Statutes.                     |
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+
 
This RPC retrieves information about HL7 messages.
Depending on the values of the parameters, different types of
information can be returned.
 | Property of the US Government.                                |
 | No permission to copy or redistribute this software is given. |
 | Use of unreleased versions of this software requires the user |
 | to execute a written test agreement with the VistA Imaging    |
 | Development Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs,     |
 | telephone (301) 734-0100.                                     |
 |                                                               |
 | The Food and Drug Administration classifies this software as  |
 
 | 
| INPUT PARAMETER | 
- 
- ACTION
 
- PARAMETER TYPE:    LITERAL
 
- MAXIMUM DATA LENGTH:    30
 
- REQUIRED:    YES
 
- SEQUENCE NUMBER:    1
 
- DESCRIPTION:    
The value of this parameter is a string that specifies the action
to be taken by the remote procedure.
Currently, valid actions are "GetDate" and "DatePtr".
 
 
 
- 
- VALUE
 
- PARAMETER TYPE:    LITERAL
 
- MAXIMUM DATA LENGTH:    30
 
- REQUIRED:    YES
 
- SEQUENCE NUMBER:    2
 
- DESCRIPTION:    
The value of this parameter is a string. The meaning of this
string depends on the value of parameter ACTION.
When ACTION="GetDate", the value of this parameter is interpreted
as a pointer to the HL7 message for which the date is to be
retrieved.
When ACTION="DatePtr", the value of this parameter is interpreted
as the date for which a pointer to the first HL7 message that
occurred on or past that date is to be retrieved.
 
 
 
 
 | 
| RETURN PARAMETER DESCRIPTION | 
The value of this parameter is a string that either has
one of the values:
  OUT = "-1,Invalid Pointer "xxx".
  OUT = "-2,Invalid Request "xxx".
or a non-negative value that corresponds to a result, based on
the input parameters.
 
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