Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Parse error in filter screen.. ?
Maybe when someone gets a chance we should look at changing the "Filter"
button to actually understand the context it is in and either "dim out" the
wrong filter type , save display /capture filters with a different flag, or
even convert between the two (where possible)
Martin
Martin Visser
Technology Consultant - Compaq Global Services
Compaq Computer Australia
410 Concord Road
Rhodes, Sydney NSW 2138
Australia
Phone: +61-2-9022-5630
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter J. DiCostanzo Jr. - ComPath Inc.
> [mailto:peter@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, 25 January 2001 5:38 AM
> To: Bert Berlin
> Cc: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] Parse error in filter screen.. ?
>
>
> This actually help me figure me problem out guys.. no need to
> hash it out
> anymore.. I think i was just using the wrong filter in the
> wrong place..
> sorry.. lol... =)
> thanks a lot!
>
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> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Bert Berlin wrote:
>
> > yes -
> >
> > this is a very confusing user interface issue, and I just
> read an email
> > thread regarding this (i've read so many threads in the
> past few days, I
> > don't recall exactly where) , and got it --
> >
> > the syntax of filters for capture and view are quite different.
> >
> > The CAPTURE filter syntax is explained in the man page for
> tcpdump (see the
> > ethereal site). Also, I think the ehtereal help explains
> what the buttons
> > do on the filter dialog - it is not intuitively obvious.
> >
> > The VIEW filter, at the bottom of the ethereal window, uses entirely
> > different syntax. You can use the expression builder for this.
> >
> > What I just decided to do is use a naming convention for
> display filters
> > different from capture filters, since they show up in the
> same filter name
> > chooser dialog. Also, since I will not be the only user,
> naming the filters
> > differently will help eliminate some of the confusion.
> >
> > Bert Berlin
> > Manager, System Test
> > Quintum Technologies
> > 14 Christopher Way
> > Eatontown, NJ 07724
> > Email btberlin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Ph 732-460-9000 ext. 247
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter J.
> > DiCostanzo Jr. - ComPath Inc.
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:15 AM
> > To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Ethereal-users] Parse error in filter screen.. ?
> >
> >
> > When I create a new filter using the gui "New Expression"
> button, i make a
> > filter, name it and save it. When i include it in a
> capture I get this:
> > Unable to parse filter string. (Parse Error).
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > -pete
> >
> >
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