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| author | Dirk Weise <code@dirk-weise.de> | 2017-06-22 10:16:17 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Mann <mmann78@netscape.net> | 2017-06-22 12:25:38 +0000 |
| commit | 9fe90b93ce9bbb802f45b93632a78f5261b3f717 (patch) | |
| tree | b058c983bcabdbd8d09f90eb4b05b3680cbdc0f7 | |
| parent | 44aa08d02511ee0056a6456c66136ae753de989c (diff) | |
Add notes about predefined strings not available to plugins
The documention refers dissector authors to helpful predifined string structures
that plugin authors unfortunately cannot use.
Bug: 13828
Change-Id: I62cdfeb200c9b354aed44d40c80a0e8f9e8f910b
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/22339
Reviewed-by: Michael Mann <mmann78@netscape.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.dissector | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.dissector b/doc/README.dissector index 9f585c2b5c..514fe70f7f 100644 --- a/doc/README.dissector +++ b/doc/README.dissector @@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ For fields with that unit name, you would declare a "unit_name_string": This is typically the case when abbreviations are used instead of full words.) There are several "common" unit name structures already defined in -epan/unit_strings.h. Dissector authors may choose to add the unit name +epan/unit_strings.h. Dissector authors may choose to add the unit name structure there rather than locally in a dissector. For hf[] array FT_(U)INT*, FT_FlOAT and FT_DOUBLE fields that need a @@ -1091,6 +1091,12 @@ in tfs.h, included via packet.h. Custom fields (BASE_CUSTOM) should use CF_FUNC(&custom_format_func) for the 'strings' field. +-- Note to plugin authors +Data cannot get exported from DLLs. For this reason plugin authors cannot use +existing fieldconvert strings (e.g. from existing dissectors or those from +epan/unit_strings.h). Plugins must define value_strings, unit_name_strings, +range_strings and true_false_strings locally. + bitmask (BITMASK) ----------------- If the field is a bitfield, then the bitmask is the mask which will |