Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Application failed to start because the application configur
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 04:38:39AM -0700, Pataki Szilard wrote:
> I wrote two new dissectors and compiled them as plugins, following the
> instructions in the Developer guide. I also created the executable
> installer (using NSIS). The installer works (it also installs
> WinPCap), but Wireshark starts up only on the PC, where it has been
> built. In other words, if I take the installer, perform the
> installation on another PC and start Wireshark, I get the following
> error message: "The application failed to start, because the
> application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application
> might solve the problem."
What if you build an installer on the first machine and don't include
the additional plugins? Does it still give that error message?
> Any clues, what the problem might be? How can I get a bit more verbose
> error messages?
Not sure, I usually use Unix. Sorry.
> I also tried to copy my own dissectors (2 dlls) into the plugins/
> folder of a default Wireshark installation (as downloaded from WWW).
> The error message was "mydissector.dll not found.", where mydissector
> is the name of my dissector :-)
That is known to not always work because of API changes between each
version. Basically, you have to use the plugins on the exact same build
version/SVN revision as you built them with right now.
Steve
