Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Saving all packets between the first and the last marked packet

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Dick Gooris wrote:

> The comma versus semicolon; what would be used here (most recommended) 
> I guess I know the answer - both... ?

Well, if we need some more functionality later, I wouldn't like to 
"waste" all the possible characters for seperators. It might be better 
to decide which character to choose here.
But others might have a different point of view on this.

> Is there a value which holds the amount of packets currently in the 
> capture; so the max_frames_count ?
> For markers, I did not see the relationship between  the marked frame 
> administration and the actual packet number. This is what I need to be 
> able to calculate the number of packets to be saved for the markers 
> stuff. I am puzzling here.
I'm not quite sure what you're thinking about here.

If you need this for the calculation of the packet counts for the radio 
button labels, just have a look at the print dialog.
This dialog is doing a loop over all the packets in the capture file, 
and counting the values to display.
Even if there are a lot of packets, this loop is very fast.

Just keep also in mind, that the checking / unchecking of the "Apply 
display filter" could change this counters/labels/sensitivity!

I could give you a helping hand, or have a look at your code when you 
want to check it in,

Regards, ULFL