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diff --git a/src/gdcmValEntry.h b/src/gdcmValEntry.h
index b3fc2081..34275c6d 100644
--- a/src/gdcmValEntry.h
+++ b/src/gdcmValEntry.h
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   Program:   gdcm
   Module:    $RCSfile: gdcmValEntry.h,v $
   Language:  C++
-  Date:      $Date: 2004/11/25 15:46:12 $
-  Version:   $Revision: 1.31 $
+  Date:      $Date: 2005/01/21 11:40:56 $
+  Version:   $Revision: 1.37 $
                                                                                 
   Copyright (c) CREATIS (Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de
   l'Image). All rights reserved. See Doc/License.txt or
@@ -20,40 +20,46 @@
 #define GDCMVALENTRY_H
 
 #include "gdcmDocEntry.h"
+
 #include <iostream>
 
 namespace gdcm 
 {
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**
- * \ingroup ValEntry
- * \brief   The dicom header of a Dicom file contains a set of such entries
+ * \brief   Any Dicom Document (File header or DicomDir) contains 
+ *           a set of DocEntry  - Dicom entries -
  *          (when successfuly parsed against a given Dicom dictionary)
+ *          ValEntry is an elementary DocEntry (as opposed to SeqEntry)
  */
 class GDCM_EXPORT ValEntry  : public DocEntry
 {
 public:
-   ValEntry(DictEntry* e);
-   ValEntry(DocEntry* d); 
+   ValEntry(DictEntry *e);
+   ValEntry(DocEntry *d); 
    ~ValEntry();
 
    /// \brief Returns the 'Value' (e.g. "Dupond Marcel") converted into a
-   /// 'string', event if it's stored as an integer in the header of the
-   /// current Dicom Document Entry
-   std::string const & GetValue() const { return Value; };
+   /// 'string', event if it's physically stored as an integer in the header of the
+   /// current Document (File or DicomDir)
+   std::string const &GetValue() const { return Value; };
     
-   /// Sets the value (string) of the current Dicom Document Entry
-   void SetValue(std::string const & val) { Value = val; }; 
+   /// Sets the value (string) of the current Dicom entry.
+   /// The size is updated
+   virtual void SetValue(std::string const &val);
+
+   virtual void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout, std::string const & indent = ""); 
 
-   virtual void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout); 
    virtual void WriteContent(std::ofstream *fp, FileType filetype);
 
 protected:
+   /// Sets the value (string) of the current Dicom entry
+   void SetValueOnly(std::string const &val) { Value = val; }; 
    
 private:
 // Members :
   
-   /// \brief Document Entry value, internaly represented as a std::string
+   /// \brief Dicom entry value, internaly represented as a std::string.
    ///        The Value Representation (\ref VR) is independently used
    ///        in order to interpret (decode) this field.
    std::string Value;