solved locale related bug

- problem appeared when opening dicom files in a "French" machine

diff --git a/vv/vv.cxx b/vv/vv.cxx
index 93b708e753b40aad059ce6ac8d5481ce3c2b5b7d..546f68afae8338147581ebbaac9e397a4f1096a7 100644 (file)
--- a/vv/vv.cxx
+++ b/vv/vv.cxx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ std::string create_timed_string()
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifdef _WIN32\r
+#ifdef _WIN32
 int CALLBACK WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
 {
   int argc = __argc;
@@ -76,6 +76,23 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
 
   QApplication app( argc, argv );
   Q_INIT_RESOURCE(vvIcons);
+  
+  // 
+  // ATTENTION: Rômulo Pinho - 05/08/2011
+  // Forcing the locale of the application is necessary
+  // because QT initialization changes it to the locale
+  // of the language of the system. This can cause 
+  // inconsistencies when, e.g., reading float values
+  // from DICOM fields with gdcm, since the decimal
+  // point may be changed for a comma (as in French).
+  // In practice, functions such as scanf and its
+  // variations are directly affected.
+  // https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com//browse/QTBUG-15247?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%253Achangehistory-tabpanel
+  //
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  std::string old_locale = setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, NULL);
+  setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "POSIX");
+#endif
 
   vvMainWindow window;
 
@@ -179,5 +196,10 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     window.ApplyWindowLevelToAllImages();
   }
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  // restoring the locale, just to be clean...
+  setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, old_locale.c_str());
+#endif
+
   return app.exec();
 }