Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] New dissector...

Note: This archive is from the project's previous web site, ethereal.com. This list is no longer active.

Date Index Thread Index Other Months All Mailing Lists
Date Prev Date Next Thread Prev Thread Next
From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:41:35 -0700

On Sep 15, 2003, at 5:15 PM, Kevin A. Noll wrote:
Using other dissectors as examples, I am able to register the preference 
and I can change the value in the preferences dialog. However,
when I change the value that I want to use, the decode does not change
appropriately.

So, how do I get the decode to use the preference that I am setting?
You have to arrange that a routine that changes the dissector registration be called when the preference changes. See, for example, "packet-beep.c", which arranges that its "reg_handoff" routine be called when any preferences change; that routine will, if it's already been called once to register the dissector, un-register it with a call to "dissector_delete()" with the old value of the preference before registering, with "dissector_add()", with the new value of the preference.