Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] save silently fails on Win XP

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From: "Gary Hunt" <betaplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:53:45 -0000
Just thought I'd report a minor bug to you guys,
 
Versions:
    Ethereal v0.10.0
    WinPCAP v3.0.0.18
    Windows XP 5.1.2600
 
When saving a file using Ethereal GUI, if the user doesn't have permission to write to the selected folder then the save silently fails. Ideally the user would be warned that they don't have rights and return to the save dialogue.
 
I'm guessing that the code traps the exception but doesn't handle it correctly.
 
I'll happily research the fix in the source-code if someone can point me in the right place, I've done plenty of C/C++ but don't know where to look in the 29MB of code ;-)
 
cheers,
 
Gary