Support for DOCX File Attachment in Series

General
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Hi Orthanc Community,

Our team in India is looking to attach DOCX files to Orthanc series, similar to how we add PDFs and JPEGs.

Is there a way to directly attach DOCX (Word) files and download them in the same format? We want to keep all patient-related documents together.

Additionally, can Orthanc be extended with a plugin to support DOCX files? If so, could anyone provide a link to the OrthancCPlugin.lib win64 file downloading link or point me in the right direction to find information about developing such a plugin?

Any suggestions or if direct DOCX support or plugin development could be future features would be great.

Thanks,

Sarfaraz Rahman
India

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Hello,

Contrarily to PDF, DOCX files are not supported by the official DICOM standard. It is however possible to include arbitrary files as private tags into a DICOM envelope using the so-called Raw Data IOD. This possibility is used in the STL plugin for Orthanc to store 3D models as DICOM, you could have a look at this plugin for inspiration.

Regards,
Sébastien-