Hi,
Search for preferences, you'll find it.
Thanx,
Jaap
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Hal Lander wrote:
> I did not realise there was a preference file.
>
> Now looking at http://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html I can see
> there should be a global and a personal preference file.
> The manual does not seem to give the actual names for these files, and I
> don't have a 'preferences' directory.
>
> Do you know what the filenames and directory path should be?
>
> Thanks again
> Hal
>
>
> >From: skydiver <skydiver@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: Developer support list for Wireshark
> ><wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] How do I initialise a boolean preference
> >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:39:49 +0100 (CET)
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Question: is our preference already in the preferences file?
> >Then your default gets overwritten by this stored value. The default is
> >default only when the preference is newly introduced.
> >
> >Thanx,
> >Jaap
> >
> >On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Hal Lander wrote:
> >
> > > I start Wireshark (don't open a file or anything).
> > > My dissector's proto_reg_handoff routine is called.
> > > In the code that runs only once I initialise a variable
> > > static gboolean prefTick
> > > to TRUE, and register the preference.
> > > Before returning the variable is printed out and it is TRUE.
> > >
> > > My dissector's proto_reg_handoff routine is called a second time (I have
> >not
> > > done anything in the Wireshark window yet).
> > > Before returning the variable prefTick is printed out and it is FALSE.
> > >
> > > In Wireshark I edit the preferences for my protocol, I can see my tick
> >box
> > > and it is unticked.
> > > I tick the box and apply it.
> > > My dissector's proto_reg_handoff routine is called
> > > Before returning the variable prefTick is printed out and it is TRUE.
> > >
> > > My question are;
> > > 1. Why is my proto_reg_handoff routine being called twice initially?
> > > 2. Why does the second call set my preference to FALSE?
> > > 3. How do I get the tick box to default to TRUE initially (which is what
> >i
> > > was trying to do) ?
> > >
> > > It looks as though the code is working apart from not having the right
> > > initial value.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Hal
> > >
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