Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Development of a new dissector for PROFIBUS

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:14:43 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, hasna dahnini wrote:

> My questions:
>
> I want to know if the interface (menus and windows) of Ethereal can be
> evolved or not ? Can I add new element on the menu "View" for example in
> order to display a signal ???

Yes. Just add code. You have to add entries in the menu tables, and add
the routines to deal with those entries.

> How can I construct a .dsw file on Visual C++ 6 with the sources of Ethereal
> ?

You are on your own here. The problem is that it will be hard to keep any
.dsw file updated. If you come across a tool that can generate a .dsw, or
if you create such a tool, let us know, though.

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]richardsharpe.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com